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Ricardo Meets China, India and U.S. Three Hundred Years Later
Shachmurove, Yochanan; Spiegel, Uriel - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2009
. For example, trading between the United States and China, which has undergone a technological improvement in commodities … which China imports and exports, may lead to different welfare implications for both countries. The paper models several …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126674
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Offshoring and the internationalization of employment : a challenge for a fair globalization
Auer, Peter; Besse, Geneviève; Méda, Dominique - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2006
The paper presented three related issues. A first objective was to shed light on some of the facts of the employment impacts of trade and investments abroad, including highly controversial themes as off-shoring of the production of goods and services. A second objective was to debate the options...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681395
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Particulars of US Information Technology and productivity: lessons for Europe
Adekola, Abel; Sergi, Bruno S. - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 1 (2008) 2, pp. 128-143
There is ample evidence that investment in Information Technology (IT) boosted labour markets productivity in the USA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008539603
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Outward FDI and home country employment in USA manufacturing industries
Mullen, J.K.; Williams, Martin - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 6 (2013) 3, pp. 262-274
international outsourcing per se from the transfer of activities to foreign subsidiaries. Much of the existing evidence is limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817100
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The extensive margin of intrafirm trade
Gao, Xiang - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 4 (2012) 1/2, pp. 213-232
The firm-level approach to intra-industry trade reveals that the variation in the number of exporters or exported varieties (extensive margin) accounts for a greater share of the changes in aggregate trade than the variation in the average exports per firm variety (intensive margin). This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130184
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Particulars of US Information Technology and productivity: lessons for Europe
Adekola, Abel; Sergi, Bruno S. - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 1 (2008) 2, pp. 128-143
There is ample evidence that investment in Information Technology (IT) boosted labour markets productivity in the USA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754165
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Drivers and obstacles of outsourcing practices in China
Lau, C; Zhang, J - 2006
drivers and obstacles of outsourcing. FINDINGS - Economic factor is a strong motivation for outsourcing in China, of which …. ORIGINALITY/VALUE - This paper presents a systematic exploration of the drivers and the obstacles of outsourcing in China and …PURPOSE - To explore the key factors that motivate organizations in China to outsource and the obstacles these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481759
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Comparing Chinese and the Indian Software MNCs: Domestic and Export Market Strategies and Their Interplay
Niosi, Jorge; Tschang, F. Ted - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
China and India are emerging as major new entrants in the international software industry. Both are rapidly learning … through outsourcing with multinational enterprises from advanced nations. Yet, their paths to this dynamic sector are very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856341
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Burgeoning Chinese postpartum nursing enterprises and birth tourism - the perspective from transaction cost entrepreneurship
Yan, Ho-Don; Chen, Chyong Ling Judy - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 10 (2014) 4, pp. 502-518
nuclear family becomes popular. An opportunity window opens up for outsourcing DM services. To entice expectant mothers to … prevalence of extending the DM practice to birthing trips to the USA in order to gain citizenship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944881
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Electricity shortages and firm productivity: Evidence from China's industrial firms
Fisher-Vanden, Karen; Mansur, Erin T.; Wang, Qiong - In: Journal of Development Economics 114 (2015) C, pp. 172-188
outsourcing can be costly, Chinese firms were able to avoid substantial productivity losses by doing so. As a result of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011209890