This paper studies the impact of robot adoption on firms' global sourcing activities. Using a rich panel dataset of Spanish manufacturing firms, we show that robot adopting firms increased their intermediate input purchases from foreign and domestic suppliers between 2006 and 2016. The effects...

"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...

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...

"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...

On May 30, 2017, the Supreme Court held that the initial authorized sale of a patented item within or outside the U.S. "exhausts" all rights of the patentee to that item under the Patent Act. This decision goes against the Government's position that a foreign sale authorized by the U.S. patentee...

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."

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...

Globalization is transforming the German manufacturing production model. German manufacturing MNCs are shifting from servicing global demand via exports to a strategy of 'produce where you sell' FDI expansion in emerging global markets. This strategy is generating recursive dynamics that are...

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,...

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...

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 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 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...

Der Anstieg globaler Produktion und ausländischer Direktinvestitionen in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten hat erhebliche Auswirkungen auf verarbeitende Unternehmen. Organisationsinterne Fertigungsaktivitäten werden heutzutage in einem Netzwerk von global verteilten Produktionsstandorten...