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Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés - eSocialSciences - 2007

Falling costs of coordination and communication have allowed firms in rich countries to fragment their production process and offshore an increasing share of the value chain to low-wage countries. This paper proposes a Ricardian model where both of these effects are present and analyzes the...

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Outsourcing Versus Foreign Direct Investment: A Welfare Analysis

Grover, Arti - eSocialSciences - 2010

country may avail options like – Joint venture, technology licensing, franchising, outsourcing etc. A host country’s choice of … outsourcing in the host country using Grossman-Helpman quality ladders framework. If the host absorptive capacity is above a … threshold level, outsourcing is more welfare enhancing vis-à-vis FDI; while even with lower than threshold absorptive capacity …

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Strategic Orientation of Outsourcing Firms: Demystifying Key Differentiators

Sharda, Kirti - eSocialSciences - 2010

Despite the importance of outsourcing firms and the highly competitive nature of the outsourcing industry, there has … been minimal examination of outsourcing firm strategy. This paper investigates the strategic focus of 60 outsourcing firms …. Factor and cluster analysis reveal three outsourcing firm archetypes based on their strategic orientation, namely, super …

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The Role of Technological Complexity and Absorptive Capacity in Internalization Decision

Grover, Arti - eSocialSciences - 2010

Technology transfer costs have a profound influence on the firm’s entry mode into a production sharing relationship. To explore this nexus, they associate technological complexity of the off-shored input with the organizational mode of international production sharing by extending the Antràs...

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How Sapient is Homo Economicus? The Evolutionary Origins of Trade, Ethics and Economic Rationality

Basu, Kaushik; Guha, Ashok - eSocialSciences - 2009

The paper argues that economism and, in particular, the individual drive to maximize utility and amass profit are not …

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Factors Influencing the Performance of Indian and Chinese Software Firms

Nollen, Stanley; Siddharthan, N.S. - eSocialSciences - 2008

This paper analyses the determinants of growth and profit behaviour of the Chinese and Indian IT Software firms. …

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Early Childhood Education

Reeta, Sonawat - eSocialSciences - 2007

profit from schooling during this period. Enriched environment is to be provided for the receptive mind of the child. …

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Impact of Organized Retailing on the Unorganized Sector

Joseph, Mathew; Soundararajan, Nirupama; Gupta, Manisha; … - eSocialSciences - 2008

The study has indicated how consumers and farmers benefit from organized retailers. The study has also examined the impact on intermediaries and manufacturers. The results are indicative of the mega-and-mini- metro cities around a limited number of organized retail outlets. Based on the results...

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Review of Philippine Migration Laws and Regulations Gains, Gaps, Prospects

Ambito, Julyn S - eSocialSciences - 2012

The Philippines has often been cited as the global model in managing international labor migration. Despite the complexity of our management infrastructure, however, some gaps still remain. This paper reviews the Philippine legal and administrative framework governing the recruitment,...

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