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L'externalisation des activités d'achat:l'apport du modèle contractualiste appliqué au processus d'achat

Calvi, Richard - In: Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie 2 (1999) 1, pp. 27-47

activities. The result of this is that outsourcing has contributed to an increase in the strategic impact of purchasing … departements. This article builds on the reasoning that the outsourcing process belongs to the purchasing departments themselves …. Two fundamental questions are asked: What purchases should be covered by outsourcing? Which activities, internal to the …

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Grossman-Hart (1986) Goes Global: Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production

Antràs, Pol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

I survey the influence of Grossman and Hart's (1986) seminal paper in the field of International Trade. I discuss the implementation of the theory in open-economy environments and its implications for the international organization of production and the structure of international trade flows. I...

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Productivity, Relationship-Specific Inputs and the Sourcing Modes of Multinationals

Defever, Fabrice; Toubal, Farid - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We investigate the roles of productivity and the specificity of inputs for the international sourcing strategy of firms which are part of a multinational network. We present a framework in which firms decide to import from a foreign independent supplier or from their related party abroad...

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Globalization and the 'New Enterprise'

Marin, Dalia; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

, which affects the behaviour of agents inside the corporation. This way, trade integration leads to waves of outsourcing and …

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Trade in Business Services in General Equilibrium

Markusen, James R.; Strand, Bridget - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Trade in business services has been attracting attention from academic researchers, policy makers, and business journalists. While there are many anecdotes, there has been little in the way of formal theory applied to this issue. In this paper, we adapt a general model of fragmentation of...

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Managerial Incentives and the International Organization of Production

Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

prevalence of outsourcing and foreign direct investment. …

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Outsourcing in a Global Economy

Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We study the determinants of the location of sub-contracted activity in a general equilibrium model of outsourcing and … trade. We model outsourcing as an activity that requires search for a partner and relationship-specific investments that are … governed by incomplete contracts. The extent of international outsourcing depends inter alia on the thickness of the domestic …

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Modeling the Offshoring of White-Collar Services: From Comparative Advantage to the New Theories of Trade and FDI

Markusen, James R. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Trade theory consists of a portfolio of models. What elements might be useful in modeling the offshoring of white-collar services, or do these issues call for an entirely fresh approach? I try to identifying some of the important aspects of this phenomenon and then argue that modeling could...

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Why is a Flexible World More Insecure? The Way Outsourcing Amplifies Uncertainty

Thesmar, David; Thoenig, Mathias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

. Outsourcing decisions then balance flexibility gains against hold-up costs of opportunistic behaviour by outside contractors. In … equilibrium, the degree of outsourcing is shown to depend on the degree of product market competition, contractor's bargaining … power, and the volatility of demand shocks. Our main result is that an increase in the degree of outsourcing amplifies the …

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Organizations and Trade

Antràs, Pol; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modelling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate workings of the world economy. In reviewing the literature, we...

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