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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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Offshoring: general equilibrium effects on wages, production and trade

Baldwin, Richard E.; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

A simple model of offshoring is used to integrate the complex gallery of results that exist in the theoretical … offshoring/fragmentation literature. The paper depicts offshoring as ‘shadow migration’ and shows that this allows … conditions are provided). We show that offshoring requires modification of the four HO theorems, so econometricians who ignore …

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Offshoring of service activities : Overview and prospects

Mouhoud, El Mouhoub - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010

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Outward FDI, performance and group affiliation: evidence from French matched firms

Gazaniol, Alexandre; Peltrault, Frédéric - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013

This paper investigates whether group affiliation and stakeholder's nationality affect both the propensity of engaging in outward FDI and its effects on home performance. Using a sample of French manufacturers, we combine propensity-score matching with a Difference-In-Difference estimator in...

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