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Consensus building: How to persuade a group

Caillaud, Bernard; Tirole, Jean - HAL - 2006

Many decisions in private and public organizations are made by groups. The paper explores strategies that the sponsor of a proposal may employ to convince a qualified majority of group members to approve the proposal. Adopting a mechanism design approach to communication, it emphasizes the need...

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Strategic Outsourcing through Specifications

Nellore, Rajesh; Soderquist, Klas - HAL - 2000

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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Reducing the debt : is it optimal to outsource an investment?

Espinosa, Gilles Edouard; Hillairet, Caroline; … - HAL - 2013

We deal with the problem of outsourcing the debt for a big investment, according two situations: either the firm …

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The determinants of total IT outsourcing: An empirical investigation of French and German firms

Barthelemy, Jérôme; Geyer, Dominique - HAL - 2004

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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An empirical investigation of IT outsourcing vs. quasi-outsourcing in France and Germany

Barthelemy, Jérôme; Geyer, Dominique - HAL - 2005

.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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The new challenges of organizing intellectual property in complex industries:

Ayerbe, Cécile; Lazaric, Nathalie; Callois, Michel; … - HAL - 2014

Intellectual Property (IP), we answer questions such as: why should IP be outsourced; how should the outsourcing of IP activities …

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Fragmentation and immiserising specialisation : the case of the textile and clothing sector

Gimet, Céline; Guilhon, Bernard; Roux, Nathalie - HAL - 2010

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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Strategic Outsourcing through Specifications

Nellore, Rajesh; Soderquist, Klas - HAL - 2000

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The world upside down

Fabre, Guilhem; Grumbach, Stephane - HAL - 2012

R&D and innovation have become much more strategic than ever before for the growth of China as well as for its global societal upgrade. The Chinese authorities have designed an innovation strategy to face new economic and social challenges. The first part of the paper is focused on the emergence...

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I.C.T. and Environment : Bad Assumptions and Recent Hypotheses

Rodhain, Florence; Fallery, Bernard - HAL - 2011

The aim of this communication is to present new focuses for research in the field of Environment and Information Communication Technology. In the first part, we will present, through a review of the literature, the rather negative role played by ICT on the environment: paper, transportation,...

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