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Trade liberalization, outsourcing, and firm productivity
Ossa, Ralph - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
outsourcing as firms focus on their core competencies in response to tougher competition. Since firms are the better at performing … tasks the closer they are to their core competencies, this outsourcing increases firm productivity. Moreover, I also … investigate the links between various technological parameters and outsourcing. In particular, I analyze how technological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745324
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Outsourcing and offshoring engineering projects: understanding the value, sourcing models, and coordination practices
Willcocks, Leslie P.; Oshri, Ilan; Kotlarsky, Julia; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
In this paper, we review recent developments in the field of outsourcing and offshoring and the implications for … engineering management. We examine three aspects involved in outsourcing and offshoring, namely, sourcing models, coordination …, and value extracted from outsourcing projects. We conclude that additional research is needed on recent trends in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745387
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Off-shoring of business services and de-industrialization: threat or opportunity - and for whom?
Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
This paper takes a new look at the issue of overseas sourcing of services. In framework in which comparative advantage is endogenous to agglomeration economies and factor mobility, the fragmentation of production made possible by the new communication technologies and low transportation costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746721
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The determinants of intrafirm trade: evidence from French firms
Corcos, Gregory; Irac, Delphine M.; Mion, Giordano; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
How well does the theory of the firm explain the choice between intrafirm and arms' length trade? This paper uses firm-level import data from France to look into this question. We find support for three key predictions of property-rights theories of the multinational firm. Intrafirm imports are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125894
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Internationalization and innovation of firms: evidence and policy
Altomonte, Carlo; Aquilante, Tommaso; Békés, Gábor; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We use a representative and cross-country comparable sample of manufacturing firms (EFIGE) to document patterns of interaction among firm-level internationalization, innovation and productivity across seven European countries (Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom). We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126527
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The determinants of vertical integration in export processing: theory and evidence from China
Fernandes, Ana; Tang, Heiwai - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
outsourcing in export processing trade. We exploit the coexistence of two regulatory export processing regimes in China, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071204
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Productivity and the sourcing modes of multinational firms: evidence from French firm-level data
Defever, Fabrice; Toubal, Farid - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
assume higher fixed costs under outsourcing and a firm-specific production function. We use detailed French firm-level data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071334