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Outsourcing, Offshoring and Innovation: Evidence from Firm-level Data for Emerging Economies
Fritsch, Ursula; Görg, Holger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
investigates the link between outsourcing and innovation empirically using firm-level data for over 20 emerging market economies …It is striking that by far the lion's share of empirical studies on the impact of outsourcing on firms considers … industrialized countries. However, outsourcing by firms from emerging economies is far from negligible and growing. This paper …
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Outsourcing, Contracts and Innovation Networks
Naghavi, Alireza; Ottaviano, Gianmarco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
innovation. In so doing, we model an industry in which R&D is performed by independent research labs and outsourcing production …We study the decision of firms between vertical integration and outsourcing in a dynamic setting with product … requires complementary upstream and downstream inventions. In the presence of search friction and incomplete outsourcing …
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Subcontracting in International Asset Management: New Evidence on Market Integration
Massa, Massimo; Schumacher, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
determinants of outsourcing. Outsourcing fund management generates net positive gains to fund families of around 8-17 bp per month … improvements from outsourcing are directly related to segmentation in the underlying asset markets. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196041
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Productivity, Relationship-Specific Inputs and the Sourcing Modes of Multinationals
Defever, Fabrice; Toubal, Farid - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We investigate the roles of productivity and the specificity of inputs for the international sourcing strategy of firms which are part of a multinational network. We present a framework in which firms decide to import from a foreign independent supplier or from their related party abroad...
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Grossman-Hart (1986) Goes Global: Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production
Antràs, Pol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
I survey the influence of Grossman and Hart's (1986) seminal paper in the field of International Trade. I discuss the implementation of the theory in open-economy environments and its implications for the international organization of production and the structure of international trade flows. I...
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Global Sourcing of a Complex Good
Van Biesebroeck, Johannes; Zhang, Lijun - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We analyze a firm that produces a final good from multiple intermediates that can each be sourced domestically or from a low-wage country. The model explicitly incorporates that sourcing decisions of intermediates are interdependent. Equilibrium predictions depend crucially on a key modeling...
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Factoryless Goods Producers in the US
Bernard, Andrew B.; Fort, Teresa C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper documents the extent and characteristics of plants and firms in the US that are outside the manufacturing sector according to official government statistics but nonetheless are heavily involved in activities related to the production of manufactured goods. Using new data on...
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Reputation and Entry in Procurement
Butler, Jeff; Carbone, Enrica; Conzo, Pierluigi; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
There is widespread concern that favoring suppliers with good past performance, a standard practice in private procurement, may hinder entry by new firms in public procurement markets. In this paper we report results from a laboratory experiment exploring the relationship between reputation and...
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Privatization and Quality: Evidence from Elderly Care in Sweden
Bergman, Mats; Johansson, Per; Lundberg, Sofia; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
. However, privatization may increase quality by fostering performance-improving innovation, particularly if combined with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084097
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Intellectual Property Rights and Efficient Firm Organization
Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
, rather than dynamic benefits from greater innovation. I develop a property-rights model of a supply relationship with two … manufacturers where IP rights are weaker, and a switch from integration to outsourcing over the product cycle. Empirical evidence on …
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