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Globalization of R&D and China: Empirical Observations and Policy Implications
Lundin, Nannan; Schwaag Serger, Sylvia - 2007
As one of the world's largest recipients of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), China is emerging as a key global player in Research and Development (R&D). This rapid increase in R&D investment is mainly attributed to the effort of strengthening the indigenous innovation capacity of domestic actors...
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The Dynamics of Offshoring and Institutions
Heyman, Fredrik; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik - 2012
, little is known about the impact of institutional quality on offshoring. This is surprising, given that offshoring has become … between institutional quality and offshoring. The results suggest that weak institutions are negatively related to offshoring … in general and to offshoring of R&D-intensive goods in particular. Furthermore, firms that are able to establish long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320385
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JAQ of all trades: Job mismatch, firm productivity and managerial quality
Corragio, Luca; Pagano, Marco; Scognamiglio, Annalisa; … - 2022
Does the matching between workers and jobs help explain productivity differentials across firms? To address this question we develop a job-worker allocation quality measure (JAQ) by combining employer-employee administrative data with machine learning techniques. The proposed measure is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330006
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Institution-Driven Comparative Advantage and Organizational Choice
Ferguson, Shon; Formai, Sara - 2012
The theory of the firm suggests that firms can respond to poor contract enforcement by vertically integrating their production process. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether firms' integration opportunities affect the way contract enforcement institutions determine international trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320206
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Institution-Driven Comparative Advantage, Complex Goods and Organizational Choice
Ferguson, Shon; Formai, Sara - 2011
The theory of the firm suggests that firms can respond to poor contract enforcement by vertically integrating their production process. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether firms' integration opportunities affect the way institutions determine international trade patterns. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320321
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Institution-Driven Comparative Advantage, Complex Goods and Organizational Choice
Ferguson, Shon M. - 2012
The theory of the firm suggests that firms can respond to poor contract enforcement by vertically integrating their production process. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether firms' integration opportunities affect the way institutions determine international trade patterns. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013115171
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Institution-Driven Comparative Advantage and Organizational Choice
Ferguson, Shon M. - 2014
The theory of the firm suggests that firms can respond to poor contract enforcement by vertically integrating their production process. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether firms' integration opportunities affect the way contract enforcement institutions determine international trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065308
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JAQ of All Trades : Job Mismatch, Firm Productivity and Managerial Quality
Coraggio, Luca; Pagano, Marco; Scognamiglio, Annalisa; … - 2022
Does the matching between workers and jobs help explain productivity differentials across firms? To address this question we develop a job-worker allocation quality measure (JAQ) by combining employer-employee administrative data with machine learning techniques. The proposed measure is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013293612
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Make-or-buy Decisions and the Manipulability of Performance Measures
Andersson, Fredrik - 2009
The make-or-buy decision is analyzed in a simple framework combining contractual incompleteness with the existence of imperfect but contractible performance measures. Contractual incompleteness gives rise to two regimes, identified with make and buy. The performance measure on which...
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A Trickle-Down Theory of Incentives with Applications to Privatization and Outsourcing
Andersson, Fredrik - 2009
The make-or-buy decision is analyzed in a three-layer principal-management-agent model. There is a cost-saving/quality tradeoff in effort provision. The principal chooses between employing an in-house management and contracting with an independent management; the cost-saving incentives facing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320245