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We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet occupied zone to prevent expropriation. We show that the regional location decisions...
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Using the universe of large Canadian manufacturing firms in 1988 and 1996, we investigate to what extent outsourcing … outsourcing less likely; (ii) complementarities between the investments of the buyer and the seller are also associated with less … outsourcing; (iii) property rights predictions on the link between investment intensities and optimal ownership are only supported …
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-connected exchanges on digital platforms, 2) gravity model analyses of global outsourcing contract flows and their determinants for …
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increased outsourcing. Though the consolidation of volume may lead to productivity improvement, little is known about how this … shift toward outsourcing influences learning by providers of outsourced services. When producing output, the content of the … relevance in outsourcing--is the end customer for whom it is produced. The performance benefits of such customer experience …
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This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk … diaspora-based contracts mainly serve to lower costs for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are …
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