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Procurement: The Transaction Costs Perspective in a Globalising World

den Butter, Frank A.G. - 2007

Fragmentation of production into more and more complex supply chains is a prominent feature of globalisation. It implies that transaction costs as part of total costs of ownership carry a large weight in procurement decisions. An analysis of the various types of transaction costs is also...

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Transaction Management: Value Creation by Reducing Transaction Costs

den Butter, Frank A.G. - 2010

In this era of globalization we see an increase in specialization: the production chain issplit up in more and more parts and the production of these parts is outsourced to thoseplaces in the world where production is relatively cheapest and most efficient. Itimplies that transaction costs,...

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Labour Market Effects of International Fragmentation of Production; Evidence from a Survey and Case Studies in the Dutch Industry

Berghuis, Ebel; den Butter, Frank A.G. - 2013

of this outsourcing of tasks is a major concern, both for the country that outsources tasks and for the country to which … tasks are outsourced. This paper discusses the labour market effects of outsourcing in the Netherlands using a survey … interviews and survey make clear that a major motive for outsourcing is to organise production in such a way that total …

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Managing Transaction Costs in International Production; Evidence on Entrepreneurship from Case Studies in The Netherlands

Berghuis, Ebel; den Butter, Frank A.G. - 2013

This era of globalisation is characterized by an ongoing international fragmentation of production where the supply chain is split up in more and more parts. The traditional Ricardian theory of trade in products governed by comparative advantages is replaced by a modern theory of trade in tasks....

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