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MAKE-OR-BUY’ IN INTERNATIONAL OLIGOPOLY AND THE ROLE OF COMPETITIVE PRESSURE
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - 2007
an intermediate component in-house or purchasing it from a domestic supplier. We model outsourcing as a bilateral …’ incentive to outsource. Consumer gains from trade liberalisation are enhanced when it leads to less outsourcing. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005424462
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Economising, Strategising and the Decision to Outsource
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) - 2011
We study the make-or-buy decision of oligopolistic firms in an industry in which final good production requires specialised inputs. Firms’ mode of operation decision depends on both the incentive to economize on costs and on strategic considerations. We explore the strategic incentives to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552382
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Economising, Strategising and the Decision to Outsource
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …
We study the make-or-buy decision of oligopolistic firms in an industry in which final good production requires specialised inputs. Firms’ mode of operation decision depends on both the incentive to economize on costs and on strategic considerations. We explore the strategic incentives to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610384
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‘Make-or-Buy’ in International Oligopoly and the Role of Competitive Pressure
Dermot, Leahy; Catia, Montagna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
an intermediate component in-house or purchasing it from a domestic supplier. We model outsourcing as a bilateral …’ incentive to outsource. Consumer gains from trade liberalisation are enhanced when it leads to less outsourcing. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836743
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Cross-border mergers in vertically related industries
Beladi, Hamid; Chakrabarti, Avik; Marjit, Sugata - In: European Economic Review 59 (2013) C, pp. 97-108
We construct a tractable model of an oligopolistic industry that allows us to capture the role of the vertical structure in the incentives for and implications of cross-border horizontal mergers. We show that vertical integration can increase the gains from cross-border mergers. We also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010688165
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Globalisation and market structure
Neary, J. Peter - Geary Institute, University College Dublin - 2002
addressed in perfectly or monopolistically competitive models. Drawing on recent work, a model of oligopoly in general …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265227
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Strategic R&D Commitment and the Gains from Trade
Dewit, Gerda; Leahy, Dermot - Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - 2015
This paper examines how trade liberalisation affects innovation, profits and welfare in a reciprocal markets model when firms pre-commit to R&D investment. First, we show that, for a range of trade costs, there are multiple equilibria, implying that the path of trade liberalisation is not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011124442
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Outsourcing in a Global Economy
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International … - 2002
We study the determinants of the location of sub-contracted activity in a general equilibrium model of outsourcing and … trade. We model outsourcing as an activity that requires search for a partner and relationship-specific investments that are … governed by incomplete contracts. The extent of international outsourcing depends inter alia on the thickness of the domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150131
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Outsourcing in a Global Economy
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International … - 2002
We study the determinants of the location of sub-contracted activity in a general equilibrium model of outsourcing and … trade. We model outsourcing as an activity that requires search for a partner and relationship-specific investments that are … governed by incomplete contracts. The extent of international outsourcing depends inter alia on the thickness of the domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005435961
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Outsourcing in a Global Economy
Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We study the determinants of the location of sub-contracted activity in a general equilibrium model of outsourcing and … trade. We model outsourcing as an activity that requires search for a partner and relationship-specific investments that are … governed by incomplete contracts. The extent of international outsourcing depends inter alia on the thickness of the domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666820