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Meléndez Arjona, Marcela; Uribe, Maria José - 2012

Understanding the drivers of international production fragmentation is an important issue for Latin American and Caribbean countries because participation in global production networks can help mitigate instability due to dependence on natural resources and can provide opportunities for further...

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Insertion of Costa Rica in global value chains : a case study

Monge González, Ricardo; Zolezzi, Sandro - 2012

This study sheds light on how Costa Rica’s insertion in global value chains occurs by examining governance patterns, the type of activities involved, and the level of underlying innovation in the selected value chain. The paper describes in detail two case studies of electronic-related...

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Can Mexico set up in the aerospace and the software and IT global value chains as a high-value-added player?

Brown Grossman, Flor; Domínguez Villalobos, Lilia - 2012

This study is an effort to identify the process by which firms venture into GVCs and the obstacles faced by firms once they have been immersed in it. We have focused on two particular GVCs: the aerospace GVC and the software and IT services GVC. Through the case studies, we analyzed the nature...

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Downstream offshoring and firm-level employment : evidence for Belgian manufacturing firms

Merlevede, Bruno; Michel, Bernhard - 2013

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La soutenabilité de la protection sociale

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Trade and investment barriers affecting international production networks in India

Hoda, Anwarul; Rai, Durgesh Kumar - 2014

by investors of particular locations for investment in manufacturing. The paper also lists out other shortcomings in the …

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Misfits in the car industry : offshore assembly decisions at the variety level

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The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment

Pierce, Justin R.; Schott, Peter K. - 2014

This paper finds a link between the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing employment beginning in 2001 and a change in U.S. trade policy that eliminated potential tariff increases on Chinese imports. Industries where the threat of tariff hikes declines the most experience more severe employment...

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Institutions and offshoring decision

Nicolini, Marcella - 2007

affect the volume of offshoring between U.S. companies and their affiliates. The suggested argument is stronger for the …

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Welfare policy in the presence of unionised labour and internationally mobile firms

Rocha-Akis, Silvia; Schöb, Ronnie - 2010

In oligopolistic industries, increased cost saving opportunities via offshoring have a moderating effect on trade … offshoring, and it is only at that level that further economic integration will lead to both wage moderation and offshoring … activities. Therefore, our analysis suggests that rather than provoking a downsizing of the welfare state, offshoring defines an …

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