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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745387
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746709
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744894
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Landing the first job: the value of intermediaries in online hiring
Stanton, Christopher; Thomas, Catherine - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Online marketplaces for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract with each other directly. Despite this, a large fraction of the workforce is affiliated with small, autonomous intermediary organizations that are widespread within these markets. This paper shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126476
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Landing the first job: the value of intermediaries in online hiring
Stanton, Christopher; Thomas, Catherine - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
, intermediaries - called outsourcing agencies - have emerged in these markets. This paper shows that agencies signal to employers that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126576
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Creating shared value as future factor of competition : analysis and empirical evidence
Liel, Benedikt von - 2016
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Offshoring der Produktions- und der F&E-Funktion : Auswirkungen auf den finanziellen Unternehmenserfolg
Kohles, Alexander; Homburg, Christian - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021862
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520970
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550645