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outsourcing and to a convergence in corporate cultures across countries. …
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equilibrium when competition is not too tough and not too weak. The model predicts merger waves or waves of outsourcing when …
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of firm organization of Marin and Verdier (2012) to examine how offshoring affects the way firms organize. We show that … the offshoring of production tasks leads firms to reorganize with a more decentralized management, improving the … competitiveness of the offshoring firms. We show further that the offshoring of managerial tasks relaxes the constraint on managers …
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of firm organization of Marin and Verdier (2012) to examine how offshoring affects the way firms organize. We show that … the offshoring of production tasks leads firms to reorganize with a more decentralized management, improving the … competitiveness of the offshoring firms. We show further that the offshoring of managerial tasks relaxes the constraint on managers …
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What determines whether or not multinational firms transplant their mode of organisation to other countries? We embed the theory of knowledge hierarchies in an industry equilibrium model of monopolistic competition to examine how the economic environment may affect the decision of a...
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capital. Furthermore, trade integration is shown to lead to waves of outsourcing and to convergence in corporate cultures …
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In this paper we analyze the conditions under which a foreign direct investment (FDI) involves a net capital flow across countries. Frequently, foreign direct investment is financed in the host country without an international capital movement. We develop a model in which the optimal choice of...
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This paper develops a theory which investigates how firms’ choice of corporate organization is affecting firm performance and the nature of competition in international markets. We develop a model in which firms’ organisational choices determine heterogeneity across firms in size and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187351
when competition is not too tough and not too weak. The model predicts merger waves or waves of outsourcing when countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187359
This paper develops a theory which investigates how firms’ choice of corporate organization is affecting firm performance and the nature of competition in international markets. We develop a model in which firms’ organisational choices determine heterogeneity across firms in size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005739685