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The International Organization of Production in the Regulatory Void
Herkenhoff, Philipp - 2020
In recent decades, a large and increasing number of leading firms in a diverse set of industries have faced allegations of ‘unethical' practices along their international value chains. In many cases this has triggered consumer boycotts and NGO campaigns, introducing a new link between upstream...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012852396
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Global Sourcing Decisions and Firm Productivity : Evidence from Spain
Kohler, Wilhelm - 2010
We investigate the link between productivity of firms and their sourcing behavior. Following Antràs & Helpman (2004) we … productivity premia associated with the different sourcing strategies. We find strong empirical support for the predictions of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149002
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Global Sourcing of Heterogeneous Firms : Theory and Evidence
Kohler, Wilhelm - 2015
This paper investigates the role of firm productivity in drawing firm boundaries in global sourcing. Our analysis … focuses on how productivity affects the allocation of ownership rights between the headquarter of a firm and an intermediate …. domestic). Unlike previous work, we allow for a fully flexible productivity effect with varying magnitude and sign across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028794
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Global Sourcing Decisions and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Spain
Kohler, Wilhelm; Smolka, Marcel - CESifo - 2009
We investigate the link between productivity of firms and their sourcing behavior. Following Antràs & Helpman (2004) we … productivity premia associated with the different sourcing strategies. We find strong empirical support for the predictions of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572568
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Productivity and Organization in Portuguese Firms
Caliendo, Lorenzo - 2016
The productivity of firms is, at least partly, determined by a firm's actions and decisions. One of these decisions … endogenous response of revenue-based and quantity-based productivity to a change in layers: a firm reorganization. We show that … as a result of an exogenous demand or productivity shock that makes the firm reorganize and add a management layer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999785
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Vertical Foreign Direct Investment : Make, Sell and (Not) Buy
Milliou, Chrysovalantou - 2016
According to conventional wisdom, multinational firms undertake vertical FDI in order to take advantage of cross-border factor cost differences and source the inputs from abroad at better terms. Recent empirical findings though document that this is not always the case. We provide theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977204
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Supplier Search and Rematching in Global Sourcing - Theory and Evidence from China
Defever, Fabrice - 2018
In this paper, we consider a dynamic search-and-matching problem of a firm with its intermediate input supplier. In our … partner. However, supplier switching through search and re-matching is costly. Given this trade-off between the fixed costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930079
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Outsourcing, Unemployment and Welfare Policy
Keuschnigg, Christian; Ribi, Evelyn - 2021
The paper investigates the consequences of outsourcing of labor intensive activities to lowwage economies. This trend challenges the two basic functions of the welfare state, redistribution and social insurance when private unemployment insurance markets are missing. The main results are: (i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316451
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Centralized vs. De-centralized Multinationals and Taxes
Nielsen, Søren Bo; Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis; … - CESifo - 2005
The paper examines how country tax differences affect a multinational enterprise’s choice to centralize or de-centralize its decision structure. Within a simple model that emphasizes the multiple conflicting roles of transfer prices in MNEs - here, as a strategic pre-commitment device and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406207
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Outsourcing, Unemployment and Welfare Policy
Keuschnigg, Christian; Ribi, Evelyn - CESifo - 2008
The paper investigates the consequences of outsourcing of labor intensive activities to low-wage economies. This trend challenges the two basic functions of the welfare state, redistribution and social insurance when private unemployment insurance markets are missing. The main results are: (i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406211