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Research funding and regional economies
Goldschlag, Nathan; Bianchini, Stefano; Lane, Julia; … - 2016
Public support of research typically relies on the notion that universities are engines of economic development, and that university research is a primary driver of high wage localized economic activity. Yet the evidence supporting that notion is based on aggregate descriptive data, rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517698
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Outsourcing and technological change
Bartel, Ann; Lach, Saul; Sicherman, Nachum - 2009
We present a dynamic model where the probability of outsourcing production is increasing in the firm’s expectation of … outsourcing. No prior study has been able to provide such causal evidence. Our results are robust to the inclusion of detailed … characteristics of the firms as well as firm fixed effects. -- Outsourcing ; technological change …
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Relational contracts and the economic well-being of nations
Kukharskyy, Bohdan; Pflüger, Michael - 2010
on the model of Antràs and Helpman (2004) and a formalization of the notion of relational contracting developed in Baker …, Gibbons and Murphy (2002). -- aggregate welfare ; theory of the firm ; relational contracting ; firm heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314275
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Subcontracting and the size and composition of the informal sector : evidence from Indian manufacturing
Moreno, Ana Isabel; Pieters, Janneke; Erumban, Abdul Azeez - 2012
traditional informal activities is related to increased outsourcing by formal manufacturing enterprises. -- informal sector …
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Does outsourcing increase profitability?
Görg, Holger (contributor); Hanley, Aoife (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We investigate the relationship between outsourcing and profitability paying particular attention to the endogeneity of … outsourcing. The empirical analysis uses unique plant level data for the electronics sector in Ireland. A particular feature of … activities. We distinguish outsourcing of materials from outsourcing of services inputs. We find that plants that are …
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Management incentives, signaling effects and the costs of vertical integration
Sliwka, Dirk (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Construction contracts (or : "how to get the right building at the right price?")
Chakravarty, Surajeet (contributor);  … - 2006
economics ; incomplete contracts ; construction ; agency theory ; industry studies ; outsourcing ; procurement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003323165
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Household labor supply and home services in a general-equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents
Bredemeier, Christian (contributor);  … - 2009
constancy of other groups' hours are optimal reactions to outsourcing labor in home production becoming more attractive to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794136
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Global sourcing of complex production processes
Schwarz, Christian; Südekum, Jens - 2010
. -- multinational firms ; outsourcing ; intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; vertical FDI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009300131
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An evaluation of the employment effects of barriers to outsourcing
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Marjit, Sugata; Yang, Lei - 2011
Barriers to outsourcing that are being currently implemented in the US effectively tax its companies who "export" jobs … through outsourcing. The objective is to raise domestic employment. Given that many of the important international markets … oligopolistic context. We find that while an outsourcing tax favors domestic workers by causing firms to switch to a greater use of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124754