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Firm Heterogeneity in the Choice of Offshoring : Evidence from Korean Manufacturing Firms

Hyun, Hea-Jung - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009

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 decision. Firms global sourcing decision may rather depend on other …

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Demographic Complementarities and Outsourcing : Implications and Challenges for India

Asher, Mukul G.; Nandy, Amarendu - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

growth rate and occupy all segments of global outsourcing and offshoring activities. India has used the labor cost advantage …This paper analyses the implications of differing global demographic trends for Indias competitiveness in outsourcing … and offshoring. It also briefly notes the implications of differing demographic trends among the Indian states. The paper …

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E-Business Process Negotiation : Formal Requirements for Strategy Support

Shaikh, Shazib E.; Mehandjiev, Nikolay - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

Inter-organisational processes constructed and operated in a business-to-business e-commerce context (e-business processes) have received much focus in the recent literature on workflows. However, the problem of supporting e-business process negotiation (eBPN) remains under-explored. This paper...

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Accounting in a Country : The Case of Pakistan

Ashraf, Junaid; Ghani, Waqar I. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

Our paper examines the origins, growth, and the development of accounting practices and disclosures in Pakistan and the factors that influenced them. We traced the early days of accounting in the Indian subcontinent and the British colonial influence over the accounting of newly independent...

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Monetary Policy Strategies in the Asia and Pacific Region : What Way Forward?

Filardo, Andrew; Genberg, Hans - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

Monetary policy frameworks in the Asia and Pacific region have performed well in the past decade as judged by inflation outcomes. We argue that this is due to three principal factors : (i) central banks have focused on price stability as the primary objective of monetary policy, (ii)...

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INFORMAL WAGE AND FORMAL SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY : THEORY AND EVIDENCES FROM INDIA

Maiti, Dibyendu; Marjit, Sugata - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009

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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Has Liberalization Strengthened the Link between Services and Manufacturing?

Pasadilla, Gloria O.; Liao, Christine Marie M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

integrated manufacturing firms in developed economies and, at the same time, to an increase in outsourcing of these same services …

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Vertical Integration Versus Outsourcing in Industry Equilibrium

Wang, Bin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

We study the determinants of the extent of in-house vertical integration and of outsourcing in foreign countries …

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The Economics of Outsourcing in a De-integrating Industry

Ghani, Jawaid Abdul; Rana, Arif Iqbal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

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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Financial Stability and Financial Inclusion

Morgan, Peter J.; Pontines, Victor - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014

Developing economies are seeking to promote financial inclusion, i.e., greater access to financial services for low-income households and firms, as part of their overall strategies for economic and financial development. This raises the question of whether financial stability and financial...

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