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“Slicing the Value Chain” Internationally: Empirical Evidence on the Offshoring Strategy by French Firms

Jabbour, Liza - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …

This paper analyzes the offshoring strategy from an empirical view. It focuses on a set of models, extracts a set of … French manufacturing firms that provides detailed information on the offshoring strategy. The choice of offshoring modes is …

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Outsourcing and offshoring engineering projects: understanding the value, sourcing models, and coordination practices

Willcocks, Leslie P.; Oshri, Ilan; Kotlarsky, Julia; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

In this paper, we review recent developments in the field of outsourcing and offshoring and the implications for … engineering management. We examine three aspects involved in outsourcing and offshoring, namely, sourcing models, coordination …, and value extracted from outsourcing projects. We conclude that additional research is needed on recent trends in …

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Income inequality comparisons with dirty data: the UK and Spain during the 1980s

Cowell, Frank; Litchfield, Julie; Mercader-Prats, Magda - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

Inequality comparisons between countries and over time should take into account problems of data imperfection. We examine the contrasting experience of the UK and Spain during the 1980s in terms of the distribution of disposable income. We consider whether the apparent divergence in inequality...

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Can maquila booms reduce poverty? : evidence from Honduras

De Hoyos, Rafael E. - 2008

"This paper identifies and estimates the strength of the reduction in poverty linked to improved opportunities for women in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would have been 1.5 percentage points higher had the maquila...

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China - Meeting the Challenges of Offshore and Large-Scale Wind Power : Regulatory Review of Offshore Wind in Five European Countries

World Bank - 2012

The objective of this study is to review international experience in offshore wind power development and draw on the lessons learned from the experience of different countries. To date, that experience has predominantly been limited to Europe. Significantly different regulatory and physical...

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China - Meeting the Challenges of Offshore and Large-Scale Wind Power : Strategic Guidance

World Bank - 2012

In view of the escalating global problems associated with the environment, energy, and natural resources, especially the increasing sign of global climate change, wind power is receiving more and more high-level attention on a global scale, and it has reached a rapid rate of development as a...

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Offshore Wind Roadmap for the Philippines

World Bank - 2022

This roadmap provides strategic analysis of the offshore wind development potential in the Philippines, considering the opportunities and challenges under different, hypothetical growth scenarios. The goal is to provide evidence to support the Government of the Philippines in establishing...

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Offshoring der Produktions- und der F&E-Funktion : Auswirkungen auf den finanziellen Unternehmenserfolg

Kohles, Alexander; Homburg, Christian - 2019

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Input Characteristics and the Mode of Offshoring: Evidence for French Firms

Jabbour, Liza; Kneller, Richard - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …

determinants of the choice between vertical integration and outsourcing at the international level. Our results show that the … significance of the inputs in the cost share of the firm. Our findings provide support for the property right models of offshoring …

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Creating shared value as future factor of competition : analysis and empirical evidence

Liel, Benedikt von - 2016

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