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Supplier Relations and Adoption of New Technology : Results of Survey Research in the U.S. Auto Industry

Helper, Susan - 1995

Using an original data source, this paper investigates the circumstances under which firms adopt computer numerical control (CNC), an important type of flexible automation which can significantly increase productivity, product variety and quality. The paper shows that arms'-length...

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Hidden Exposure : Measuring US Supply Chain Reliance

Baldwin, Richard E.; Freeman, Rebecca; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Supply chain problems, previously relegated to specialized journals, now appear in G7 Leaders' Communiqués. Our paper looks at three core elements of the problems: measurement of the links that expose supply chains to disruptions, the nature of the shocks that cause the disruptions, and the...

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Mergers and acquisitions

Auerbach, Alan J. (ed.) - 1988

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Coordination and information : historical perspectives on the organization of enterprise

Lamoreaux, Naomi R. (ed.); Raff, Daniel M. G. (contributor) - 1995

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Concentrated corporate ownership

Morck, Randall (ed.) - 2000

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The governance of not-for-profit organizations

Glaeser, Edward L. (ed.) - 2003

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Outsourcing when Investments are Specific and Complementary

Lileeva, Alla - 2008

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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Global Sourcing

Antràs, Pol - 2003

We present a North South model of international trade in which differentiated products are developed in the North. Sectors are populated by final-good producers who differ in productivity levels. Based on productivity and sectoral characteristics, firms decide whether to integrate into the...

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Outsourcing Jobs? Multinationals and US Employment

Harrison, Ann E. - 2006

Critics of globalization claim that US manufacturing firms are being driven to shift employment abroad by the prospects of cheaper labor. Others argue that the availability of low-wage labor has allowed US based firms to survive and even prosper. Yet evidence for either hypothesis, beyond...

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Outsourcing Price Decisions : Evidence from U.S. 9802 Imports

Swenson, Deborah - 2005

appear to condition outsourcing decisions. The data for 1991-2000 show that U.S. overseas assembly imports were characterized … educated countries passed-through a much larger portion of their cost changes. In addition, the price of outsourcing imports … differential price responses suggest that information issues play an important role in the mediation of outsourcing relationships …

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