A prevalent feature of the global economy is the relevance of trade in intermediates due to production fragmentation. This phenomenon has led to the revival and development of trade models that include inter-industry relations. A wide variety of Ricardian trade models cope with this feature. In...

The number of different car and light truck models produced in North America has increased enormously over the last decades. The data suggests that producing this increased variety of vehicles is associated with a productivity penalty. We show that manufacturers can adopt complementary...

This paper examines how the effort choices of workers within the same firm interact with each other. In contrast to the existing literature, we show that workers can affect the productivity of their co-workers based on income maximization considerations, rather than relying on behavioral...

We present a real options model of a firm's make-or-buy decision under demand uncertainty. "Making" is subject to decreasing returns to scale, fixed costs and capital investment. "Buying" happens at a fixed price and requires no investment. Three distinct procurement regimes endogenously arise:...

Does the offshoring of production degrade or enhance the innovative capabilities of manufacturing firms? We contribute to this debate by exploiting a policy shock that differentially affected the ability of Taiwanese firms to offshore some products to China. We find causal evidence that...

"Chapter 1 Lean Production as the Dominant Division of Labor: Theories, Industries and National Contexts Thomas Janoski and Darina Lepadatu CH1-JanoskiLepadatu-3-5-20=15,619) The International Handbook of Lean Production provides an overall argument that lean systems are the dominant division of...

This handbook focuses on two sides of the lean production debate that rarely interact. On the one hand, management and industrial engineering scholars have presented a positive view of lean production as the epitome of efficiency and quality. On the other hand, sociology, industrial relations,...

"The aim of this book is to cover various aspects of the Production and Operations Analysis. Apart from the introduction to basic understanding of each topic, the book also provides insights to various conventional techniques as well as, various other mathematical and nature-based techniques...

The fragmentation of production across borders allows firms to make and export final goods, or to perform only intermediate stages of production by processing imported inputs for re-exporting. We examine how financial frictions affect companies' choice between processing and ordinary trade –...

The fragmentation of production across borders allows firms to make and export final goods, or to perform only intermediate stages of production by processing imported inputs for re-exporting. We examine how financial frictions affect companies' choice between processing and ordinary trade –...

The fragmentation of production across borders allows firms to make and export final goods, or to perform only intermediate stages of production by processing imported inputs for re-exporting. We examine how financial frictions affect companies’ choice between processing and ordinary trade -...

"This book explores the role of co-manufacturing in the current social and productive system. It also presents the multi-factory model, that is the model elaborated by the authors to realize from scratch a medium or medium to large sized co-manufacturing space"--

Produktionsbezogener Umweltschutz in der Automobilindustrie -- Modellierung stoffstrombasierter Produktionssysteme -- Mathematisches Optimierungsmodell zur Bestimmung eines optimalen Investitionsprogramms -- Analyse und Verbesserung von Kühlwassersystemen

Melanie Buchmüller befasst sich in diesem Buch mit strategischen Optionen zur Verbesserung der Wertschöpfung innerhalb eines Unternehmens, einschließlich des Risiko- und Prozessmanagements sowie der Produktmodularisierung. Die Autorin untersucht die Erfolgsfaktoren und die Prozesse für eine...

"This book explores the role of co-manufacturing in the current social and productive system. It also presents the multi-factory model, that is the model elaborated by the authors to realize from scratch a medium or medium to large sized co-manufacturing space."

Betriebliche Arbeitsgruppen sind eine in der deutschen Industrie häufig anzutreffende Form der Fertigungsorganisation. Betrachtet man die innerbetriebliche Organisation aus der Sicht der Neuen Institutionenökonomik, so kann man die Arbeitsgruppe als eine Institution verstehen, mit deren Hilfe...

The fragmentation of production across borders allows firms to make and export final goods, or to perform only intermediate stages of production by processing imported inputs for re-exporting. We examine how financial frictions affect companies' choice between processing and ordinary trade –...

The theory of the firm suggests that firms can respond to poor contract enforcement by vertically integrating their production process. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether firms' integration opportunities affect the way contract enforcement institutions determine international trade...

The theoretical result that there are welfare gains from trade is a central tenet of international economics. In a class of trade models that satisfy a "gravity equation," the welfare gains from trade can be computed using only the open economy domestic trade share and the elasticity of trade...

The theoretical result that there are welfare gains from trade is a central tenet of international economics. In a class of trade models that satisfy a "gravity equation," the welfare gains from trade can be computed using only the open economy domestic trade share and the elasticity of trade...

Wie lässt sich Wertschöpfung im Unternehmen beziffern und aussagekräftig darstellen? Einen Ansatz dafür bietet die von den Autoren entwickelte Value Added Heat Map. Diese innovative Methode hilft dabei, Verschwendung zu bewerten und zu visualisieren, um daraus Optimierungspotenziale...

Increased robot use, fuelled by price declines and the increased dexterity of these machines, is expected to affect existing/future production technologies and the organisation of production within GVCs. In order to safeguard their competitiveness in an increasingly digitalised global economy,...