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Global sourcing of complex production processes

Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), … - 2013

We develop a theory of a firm in an incomplete contracts environment which decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, the firm decides i) how many intermediate inputs are simultaneously combined to a final product, ii) if the...

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Outsourcing and offshoring engineering projects: understanding the value, sourcing models, and coordination practices

Willcocks, Leslie P.; Oshri, Ilan; Kotlarsky, Julia; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

In this paper, we review recent developments in the field of outsourcing and offshoring and the implications for … engineering management. We examine three aspects involved in outsourcing and offshoring, namely, sourcing models, coordination …, and value extracted from outsourcing projects. We conclude that additional research is needed on recent trends in …

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Global sourcing of complex production processes

Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - In: Journal of International Economics 93 (2014) 1, pp. 123-139

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Wealth and income in the euro area: Heterogeneity in households' behaviours?

Arrondel, Luc; Roger, Muriel; Savignac, Frédérique - European Central Bank - 2014

This article aims at linking the household wealth and income distributions for 15 European countries using the Household Finance and Consumption Survey. We study the role played by the household’s location in the income distributions in determining its location in the wealth distribution. A...

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How do households allocate their assets? Stylised facts from the Eurosystem household finance and consumption survey

Arrondel, Luc; Bartiloro, Laura; Fessler, Pirmin; … - European Central Bank - 2014

Using the first wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), a large micro-level dataset on households’ balance sheets in 15 euro area countries, this paper explores how households allocate their assets. We derive stylised facts on asset participation as well as...

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How do households allocate their assets? Stylised facts from the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey

Arrondel, Luc; Bartiloro, Laura; Fessler, Pirmin; … - Central Bank of Luxembourg - 2014

Using the first wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), a large micro-level dataset on households? balance sheets in 15 euro area countries, this paper explores how households allocate their assets. We derive stylised facts on asset participation as well as levels...

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How do households allocate their assets? Stylized facts from the eurosystem household finance and consumption survey

Arrondel, Luc; Bartiloro, Laura; Fessler, Primin; … - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2014

Using the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), a large micro-level dataset on households' wealth in fifteen euro area countries, this paper explores how households allocate their assets. We derive stylized facts on asset participation as well as levels of asset holdings and...

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European Economic Integration, WTO Membership, Immigration and Offshoring

Kohler, Wilhelm - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

contains a set of theoretical papers on the distributional effects of offshoring. …

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Global sourcing and firm selection

Kohler, Wilhelm; Smolka, Marcel - Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, … - 2013

integration)? Which firms choose to expand their sourcing activities across the national border (offshoring)? This letter provides … vertical integration and of offshoring tend to have been more productive ex ante than firms choosing not to do so. This finding …

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Global sourcing and firm selection

Kohler, Wilhelm; Smolka, Marcel - In: Economics Letters 124 (2014) 3, pp. 411-415

We analyze the sourcing strategies of firms active in the Spanish manufacturing sector. We show that firms that select strategies of vertical integration and of foreign sourcing ex post tend to have been more productive, ex ante, than other firms.

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