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On vertical relations and the timing of technology adoption
Alipranti, Maria; Milliou, Chrysovalantou; Petrakēs, … - 2015
We study the timing of new technology adoption in markets with input outsourcing, and thus with vertical relations. We find that technology adoption can take place earlier when firms engage in input outsourcing than when they produce the input in-house. Hence, the presence of vertical relations...
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Partial Outsourcing, Monitoring Cost, and Market Structure
Shy, Oz; Stenbacka, Rune - 2005
We investigate firms' outsourcing decisions when production requires a large number of inputs. The novelty of our approach is that it provides a testable framework to characterize the equilibrium fraction of outsourced inputs. We demonstrate that intensified competition in a Cournot market for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061087
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Outsourcing motives, competitiveness and taxation
König, Jan - 2010
This paper shows the strategic aspects of international outsourcing in an oligopolistic market, if outsourcing is attractive because of fixed cost savings. We show that outsourcing decisions are strategic substitutes. Furthermore, we demonstrate that due to decreasing individual output,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303908
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Welfare effects of outsourcing in duopolistic markets
König, Jan - 2010
This paper shows the strategic aspects of international outsourcing in a duopolistic market. Due to different costs of integrated production and outsourcing, the choice of a firm influences the strategy of the competitor via the output price. Therefore, the resulting market constellation depends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303910
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Welfare effects of outsourcing in duopolistic markets
König, Jan - 2010
This paper shows the strategic aspects of international outsourcing in a duopolistic market. Due to different costs of integrated production and outsourcing, the choice of a firm influences the strategy of the competitor via the output price. Therefore, the resulting market constellation depends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796592
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Outsourcing motives, competitiveness and taxation
König, Jan - 2010
This paper shows the strategic aspects of international outsourcing in an oligopolistic market, if outsourcing is attractive because of fixed cost savings. We show that outsourcing decisions are strategic substitutes. Furthermore, we demonstrate that due to decreasing individual output,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796598
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Vertical licensing, input pricing, and entry
Bakaouka, Elpiniki; Milliou, Chrysovalantou - 2017
We explore the incentives of a vertically integrated incumbent firm to license the production technology of its core input to an external firm, transforming the licensee into its input supplier. We find that the incumbent opts for licensing even when licensing also transforms the licensee into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011597751
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Innovation and the geographical and functional dimensions of outsourcing: An empirical investigation based on Italian firm level data.
Cusmano, Lucia; Mancusi, Maria Luisa; Morrison, Andrea - KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and … - 2007
probability of introducing product and process innovation. Based on a large firm-level survey, we show that outsourcing processes … have a positive impact on firms’ innovation. In particular, the outsourcing of service activities contributes the most to … innovation, thus suggesting that firms successfully pursue core strengthening strategies. Our econometric estimates show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005087099
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Innovation and the geographical and functional dimensions of outsourcing: An empirical investigation based on Italian firm level data
Cusmano, Lucia; Mancasi, Maria Luisa; Morrison, Andrea - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2008
probability of introducing product and process innovation. Based on a large firm-level survey, we show that outsourcing processes … have a positive impact on firms’ innovation. In particular, the outsourcing of service activities contributes the most to … innovation, thus suggesting that firms successfully pursue core strengthening strategies. Our econometric estimates show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005345954
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Contracting for Knowledge Intensive Services : An Empirical Investigation of IT Sourcing Arrangements
Subramanyam, Ramanath - 2014
This paper focuses on contractual provisions in external sourcing of innovative services. Such agreements require protection of key knowledge assets, whilst simultaneously providing incentives for heuristic search to enable problem solving and knowledge transfer. We conceptualize two distinct...
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