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Are family-friendly workplace practices a valuable firm resource?

Bloom, Nick; Kretschmer, Tobias; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

We study the determinants and consequences of family-friendly workplace practices (FFWP) using a sample of over 450 manufacturing firms in Germany, France, U.K., and U.S. We find a positive correlation between firm productivity and FFWP. This association disappears, however, once we control for...

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Trade liberalization, outsourcing, and firm productivity

Ossa, Ralph - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

outsourcing as firms focus on their core competencies in response to tougher competition. Since firms are the better at performing … tasks the closer they are to their core competencies, this outsourcing increases firm productivity. Moreover, I also … investigate the links between various technological parameters and outsourcing. In particular, I analyze how technological …

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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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Off-shoring of business services and de-industrialization: threat or opportunity - and for whom?

Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

in countries with an ever better educated labour force like India. Thus, the reduction of employment in some routine …

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The determinants of intrafirm trade: evidence from French firms

Corcos, Gregory; Irac, Delphine M.; Mion, Giordano; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

How well does the theory of the firm explain the choice between intrafirm and arms' length trade? This paper uses firm-level import data from France to look into this question. We find support for three key predictions of property-rights theories of the multinational firm. Intrafirm imports are...

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Internationalization and innovation of firms: evidence and policy

Altomonte, Carlo; Aquilante, Tommaso; Békés, Gábor; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

We use a representative and cross-country comparable sample of manufacturing firms (EFIGE) to document patterns of interaction among firm-level internationalization, innovation and productivity across seven European countries (Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom). We...

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The determinants of vertical integration in export processing: theory and evidence from China

Fernandes, Ana; Tang, Heiwai - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

outsourcing in export processing trade. We exploit the coexistence of two regulatory export processing regimes in China, which …

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Productivity and the sourcing modes of multinational firms: evidence from French firm-level data

Defever, Fabrice; Toubal, Farid - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

assume higher fixed costs under outsourcing and a firm-specific production function. We use detailed French firm-level data …

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What do we know about China's CEO's?: evidence from across the whole economy

Bryson, Alex; Zhou, Minghai - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

All that we know about the CEO labour market in China comes from studies of public listed companies and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). This paper is the first to examine the operation of the CEO labour market across all sectors of the Chinese economy. We do so using World Bank enterprise data...

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Managerial ownership and firm performance in German small and medium-sized enterprises

Mueller, Elisabeth; Spitz, Alexandra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

This paper studies the effect of managerial ownership on performance and the determinants of managerial ownership for small and medium-sized private companies. We use a panel of around 1300 firms in the German business-related service sector for the years 1997-2000. Managerial ownership up to...

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