We embed an incomplete contracts setting into a model of economic geography with heterogeneous firms whose process of production can be geographically separated. Because of the presence of international incomplete contracts, trade liberalization is not necessarily welfare-enhancing. We show that...

We embed an incomplete contracts setting into a model of economic geography with heterogeneous firms whose process of production can be geographically separated. Because of the presence of international incomplete contracts, trade liberalization is not necessarily welfare-enhancing. We show that...

Offshoring goes on growing, in spite of some ebbing away. It has been especially the case for the financial services industry over the last couple of years. As a result of this trend, it is the double stake of globalization and industries specialization that is being addressed. The comprehensive...

Les relations siège-filiales ont évolué d’une vision hiérarchique de la firme multinationale (FMN) à une approche en réseau (Malnight, 1996 ; Birkinshaw et Hood, 1998a ; O'Donnell, 2000 ; Birkinshaw, 2001 ; Paterson et Brock, 2002). Dans les modèles en réseau, la FMN est représentée...

In the early 1980’s, Bernard Lassudrie-Duchêne was one of the first authors to analyse theorically and empirically the international production process decomposition (or fragmentation). This phenomenon, which explains a large part of the intermediate goods international trade, has become one...

This article aims to analyze the structure and the performance of multinational firms at the group level, and to estimate the impact of outward FDI on the domestic perimeter of manufacturing groups. This empirical work anticipates a major reshape of business statistics, which does not consider...

La question de la relation siège- filiales a donné lieu à de nombreuses recherches aussi bien théoriques qu’empiriques. Toutefois, force est de constater l’absence de modèles permettant de saisir toute la richesse, la complexité et la densité de la relation siège-filiales. Cette...