Management research has long focused on the theory of the firm, studying for-profit organizations that produce … organizational theory, innovation economics, and industrial organization should therefore be critically examined. …

organizational decision is driven by two countervailing effects: the ownership rights effect favors outsourcing, while the “indirect … outsourcing of the “less important” supplier is chosen in equilibrium. We also consider an open economy setup where the producer …

We develop a theory of a firm in an incomplete contracts environment which decides on its complexity, organization, and …

, rent, energy consumption cannot appropriately determine a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm’s productivity. Academic …A service provider firm in an outsourcing relationship is distinct from a typical firm because it is not a stand alone … perspective of the host country, the sourcing firm, the global outsourcing industry and of course the service provider firm. In …

We investigate the link between productivity of firms and their sourcing behavior. Following Antràs & Helpman (2004) we … distinguish between domestic and foreign sourcing, as well as between outsourcing and vertical integration. A firm’s choice is … productivity premia associated with the different sourcing strategies. We find strong empirical support for the predictions of the …

. Such outsourcing leads to increased wages for the remaining in-house production. We find that stronger unions, which imply … higher domestic wages, reduce incentives for international outsourcing. Though somewhat surprising, this result provides a … theoretical reconciliation of the empirically observed trends of deunionization and increased international outsourcing in many …