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Outsourcing in a Global Economy
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014107112
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Outsourcing Versus FDI in Industry Equilibrium
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan - 2010
We study the determinants of the extent of outsourcing and of direct foreign investment in an industry in which producers need specialized components. Potential suppliers must make a relationship-specific investment in order to serve each prospective customer. Such investments are governed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014107118
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Optimal Integration Strategies for the Multinational Firm
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan; Szeidl, Adam - 2010
We examine integration strategies of multinational firms that face a rich array of choices of international organization. Each firm in an industry must provide headquarter services from its home country, produce intermediate inputs, and assemble the intermediate goods into final products. Both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014072444
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Resilience in vertical supply chains
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan; Sabal, Alejandro - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014443443
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Resilience in Vertical Supply Chains
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan; Sabal, Alejandro - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
other firms in the production network. We compare the equilibrium and optimal allocations in a general equilibrium model … policies that implement the first-best allocation, allowing for subsidies to input purchases, network formation, and … subsidies to transactions are infeasible, the second-best subsidies for resilience and network formation depend on production …
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Foreign competition and innovation
Helpman, Elhanan - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014429916
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Managerial Incentives and the International Organization of Production
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International … - 2002
We develop a model in which the heterogeneous firms in an industry choose their modes of organization and the location of their subsidiaries or suppliers. We assume that the principals of a firm are constrained in the nature of the contracts they can write with suppliers or employees. Our main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150121
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Optimal Integration Strategies for the Multinational Firm
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan; Szeidl, Adam - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International … - 2003
We examine integration strategies of multinational firms that face a rich array of choices of international organization. Each firm in an industry must provide headquarter services from its home country, produce intermediate inputs, and assemble the intermediate goods into final products. Both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150125
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150131
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Outsourcing versus FDI in Industry Equilibrium
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International … - 2002
We study the determinants of the extent of outsourcing and of direct foreign investment in an industry in which producers need specialized components. Potential suppliers must make a relationship-specific investment in order to serve each prospective customer. Such investments are governed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150134