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. -- multinational firms ; outsourcing ; intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; vertical FDI …
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from a low-wage country. Offshoring an intermediate is only profitable when it has matured sufficiently and the savings in … for parts that are only exported later, consistent with offshoring becoming gradually more difficult. …
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We develop a theory of a firm in an incomplete contracts environment which decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, the firm decides i) how many intermediate inputs are simultaneously combined to a final product, ii) if the...
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. -- globalization ; outsourcing ; offshoring ; downsizing ; working conditions ; subjective well-being ; job satisfaction …This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special … offshoring involves job destruction, especially when the destination is a low-wage country. In such circumstances, staying …
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outsourcing and the lowest in foreign vertical integration. We find that robot adopters fragment their production further by … probability of adoption intensifies the effects on outsourcing and weakens the effects on vertical integration. In contrast to …
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–South theoretical framework, I show that higher Northern tariffs reduce the incentives for outsourcing and offshoring, while higher … Southern tariffs have the opposite effects. I also show that increased offshoring and outsourcing imply a decrease in the ratio …
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domestic and foreign plants. To do so, we examine the first wave of light-truck offshoring to Mexico that occurred due to … and Mexico for the same models of light trucks. Using a new dataset that details the extent of offshoring and domestic … “inshoring” the more complex varieties while offshoring the less complex versions. …
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down outsourcing into two types by distinguishing whether or not they involve technology sharing between the two parties … technology-sharing outsourcing IPRs promote outsourcing of more complex goods to a destination country by guaranteeing the … protection of their technology, (ii) for non-technologyrelated-outsourcing IPRs attract the outsourcing of less complex products …
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down outsourcing into two types by distinguishing whether or not they involve technology sharing between the two parties … technology-sharing-outsourcing IPRs promote outsourcing of more complex goods to a destination country by guaranteeing the … protection of their technology, (ii) for non-technology-related-outsourcing IPRs attract the outsourcing of less complex products …
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improvements in the informal sector expand both offshoring and outsourcing, and the developed nation wage must rise. When the …We present a model of offshoring of tasks to a developing nation, which is characterized by a minimum wage formal … informal sector. An improvement in the productivity in performing offshored tasks in the developing country raises offshoring …
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