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Internalizing Global Value Chains : A Firm-Level Analysis
Alfaro, Laura - 2015
In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the extent of control to exert...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014670
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Contractual Versus Generic Outsourcing : The Role of Proximity
Feenstra, Robert C.; Spencer, Barbara J. - 2021
We explore the relationship between proximity of buyers and sellers and the organizational form of outsourcing …. Outsourcing can be "contractual" in which suppliers undertake specific investments or involve "generic" market transactions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222317
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Offshoring, Outsourcing and Production Fragmentation : Linking Macroeconomic and Micro-Business Perspectives
Radło, Mariusz-Jan - 2016
In this book, Radlo increases understanding of offshoring, outsourcing and international production fragmentation, and … explanation of offshoring and outsourcing at both macroeconomic and microeconomic level, as well as an explanation of practical … analysis of offshoring and outsourcing, Radlo's text offers real insight into the global impact of production fragmentation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397904
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Contractual Versus Generic Outsourcing : The Role of Proximity
Feenstra, Robert C. - 2005
We explore the relationship between proximity of buyers and sellers and the organizational form of outsourcing …. Outsourcing can be "contractual" in which suppliers undertake specific investments or involve "generic" market transactions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466786
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Internalizing Global Value Chains : A Firm-Level Analysis
Alfaro, Laura - 2015
In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the extent of control to exert...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457087
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Information Systems Outsourcing : Enduring Themes, New Perspectives and Global Challenges
Hirschheim, Rudy A. (contributor); Heinzl, Armin (contributor) - 2006 - 2. ed.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520701
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Critical Success Factors of Offshore Software Develpment Project : The Perspective of German-Speaking Companies
Wiener, Martin (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520845
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The Empirics of Firm Heterogeneity and International Trade
Bernard, Andrew B. - 2011
multi-product firms, offshoring, intra-firm trade and firm export market dynamics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118121
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Selection and Market Reallocation : Productivity Gains from Multinational Production
Alfaro, Laura - 2012
Assessing the productivity gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research. Positive aggregate productivity gains are often attributed to within-firm productivity improvement; however, an alternative, less emphasized explanation is between-firm selection and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104061
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Evaluating Estimates of Materials Offshoring from U.S. Manufacturing
Feenstra, Robert C. - 2012
When materials offshoring is measured by estimating imported intermediate inputs, a common assumption used is that an … the 3-digit I-O industry level, there is a correlation of 0.68 between the offshoring shares made with and without the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108915