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We deal with the problem of outsourcing the debt for a big investment, according two situations: either the firm …
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contemplate IT outsourcing have two alternatives: (1) outsource part of their IT activity (i.e., "selective outsourcing") or (2 …) outsource their entire IT activity (i.e., "total outsourcing"). It has been repeatedly reported that total IT outsourcing …
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.e., quasi-outsourcing). This study examines some of the determinants of the outsourcing versus quasi-outsourcing decision. Using … outsourcing have two alternatives: (1) a contract with a vendor (i.e., outsourcing) or (2) setting up their own IT subsidiary (i … primary data collected in France and Germany, we show that the decision is strongly influenced by both internal (i.e., asset …
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With production activity tending rapidly towards international fragmentation, this study examines the consequences for labour countries of the forms of specialisation brought about by fragmentation processes. It further addresses the risk that fragmented sectors may become excluded from greater...
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industries. The decision of outsourcing an activity as opposed to doing it in-house and the development of a part or parts system …Outsourcing is one of the top priorities on the strategic agenda of Original Equipment Manufacturers [OEMs] in many … specifications might play in outsourcing decisions. Based on how the specification is generated and on the nature of the data it …
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industries. The decision of outsourcing an activity as opposed to doing it in-house and the development of a part or parts system …Outsourcing is one of the top priorities on the strategic agenda of Original Equipment Manufacturers [OEMs] in many … specifications might play in outsourcing decisions. Based on how the specification is generated and on the nature of the data it …
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Intellectual Property (IP), we answer questions such as: why should IP be outsourced; how should the outsourcing of IP activities …
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This paper derives the properties of the discount rate that should be applied to a public-sector project when the affected population has heterogeneous degrees of impatience. We show that, for any distribution of discount rates, the social discount rate has the following properties: it decreases...
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We address the problem of a social planner who, as in Weitzman (2001), gathers data on experts' discount rates and wants to infer the socially efficient consumption discount rate. We propose an 'equilibrium approach' and we analyse the expression and the properties of the resulting 'equilibrium...
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Policy makers as well as many economists recognize geological Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) as a key option to avoid costly emission reduction. While an extreme perspective is to envision CCS as a magic bullet to solve the issue of climate change, the economics perspective is more...
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