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The Effects of Business-to-Business E-Commerce on Transaction Costs

Garicano, Luis; Kaplan, Steven N. - 2021

In this paper, we study the changes in transaction costs from the introduction of the Internet in transactions between firms (i.e., business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce). We begin with a conceptual framework to organize the changes in transaction costs that are likely to result when a...

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How to Compete : The Impact of Workplace Practices and Information Technology on Productivity

Black, Sandra E.; Lynch, Lisa M. - 2021

Using data from a unique nationally representative sample of businesses, the Educational Quality of the Workforce National Employers Survey (EQW-NES), matched with the Bureau of the Census' Longitudinal Research Database (LRD), we examine the impact of workplace practices, information technology...

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Information Technology and Patient Health : Analyzing Outcomes, Populations, and Mechanisms

Freedman, Seth - 2015

We study the effect of hospital adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) on health outcomes, particularly patient safety indicators (PSIs). We find evidence of a positive impact of EMRs on PSIs via decision support rather than care coordination. Consistent with this mechanism, we find an...

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Information, Technology and Information Worker Productivity : Task Level Evidence

Aral, Sinan - 2015

In an effort to reveal the fine-grained relationships between IT use, patterns of information flows, and individual information-worker productivity, we study task level practices at a midsize executive recruiting firm. We analyze both project-level and individual-level performance using: (1)...

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Global Sourcing

Antràs, Pol; Helpman, Elhanan - 2021

We present a North South model of international trade in which differentiated products are developed in the North. Sectors are populated by final-good producers who differ in productivity levels. Based on productivity and sectoral characteristics, firms decide whether to integrate into the...

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Outside Purchase Contracts, Human Capital and Firm Capital Structure

Moon, S. Katie - 2014

We examine the impact of outside purchase contracts on firm risk and firm capital structure. We find that firms with more outside purchase contracts have less risky cash flows. Despite these less risky cash flows, firms with these contracts also have less financial leverage especially when they...

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Outsourcing When Investments are Specific and Complementary

Lileeva, Alla - 2014

Using the universe of large Canadian manufacturing firms in 1988 and 1996, we investigate to what extent outsourcing … outsourcing less likely; (ii) complementarities between the investments of the buyer and the seller are also associated with less … outsourcing; (iii) property rights predictions on the link between investment intensities and optimal ownership are only supported …

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Outsourcing and Technological Change

Bartel, Ann; Lach, Saul; Sicherman, Nachum - 2021

In this paper we argue that an important source of the recent increase in outsourcing is the computer and information … technological change increases outsourcing because it allows firms to use services based on leading edge technologies without … outsourcing costs of IT-based services generating a positive correlation between the IT level of the user and its outsourcing …

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Technology and Production Fragmentation : Domestic Versus Foreign Sourcing

Fort, Teresa - 2016

This paper provides direct empirical evidence on the relationship between technology and firms' global sourcing strategies. Using new data on U.S. firms' decisions to contract for manufacturing services from domestic or foreign suppliers, I show that a firm's adoption of communication technology...

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The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet

Akerman, Anders - 2015

Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data to answer these questions. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points, and...

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