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We express a doubt on the conventional wisdom namely, of a positive relationship between wage and productivity, of a formal sector firm in a developing economy where the firm can either go for subcontracting to the informal sector to minimize wage cost along with apprehension of extra-legal cost...
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Using firm-level data on offshoring of Korean manufacturers, the paper examines the relationship between firm heterogeneity and the probability of adopting offshoring. The results of the paper suggest that firm productivity may not be an important determinant for Korean firms offshoring...
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This paper analyses the implications of differing global demographic trends for Indias competitiveness in outsourcing … growth rate and occupy all segments of global outsourcing and offshoring activities. India has used the labor cost advantage …
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integrated manufacturing firms in developed economies and, at the same time, to an increase in outsourcing of these same services …
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We study the determinants of the extent of in-house vertical integration and of outsourcing in foreign countries …
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Many large firms in low scale economy industries are actively considering outsourcing options, in the face of … competition from smaller more efficient players. Based on a review of the theoretical literature and a case-study of outsourcing … for outsourcing be evaluated in terms of level of proprietary knowledge, economies of scale, inefficiencies of vertical …
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Cross-border production networks have been playing an increasingly important role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries’ trade in recent years, but micro-level studies are rare. This paper uses firm-level data from the two most active ASEAN countries in...
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Cross-border production networks have been playing an increasingly important role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries’ trade in recent years, but micro-level studies are rare. This paper uses firm-level data from the two most active ASEAN countries in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278068