The paper studies the persistence of profit and its determinants in emerging markets. We apply Markov chain analysis … empirical results show a moderate level of profit persistence, as well as a relatively low speed of adjustment to the steady …-state profit level, thus providing no support for the hypothesis that there is a lower persistence of profits in emerging markets …

Gewinn erklärt und behandelt wird, um daraus eine Arbeitsdefinition der Gewinnkomponenten abzuleiten. Andererseits wird … darauf basierend die Distribution von Gewinnen diskutiert und behauptet, dass der Gewinn zunächst einmal der Unternehmung …The paper deals with the profit of the firm and its theoretical explanations. Starting with the usual understanding of …

) that profit signals and rewards successful value creation, since it expresses that the customers' voluntary willingness to …

Mit dem Outsourcing von Personalfunktionen und -prozessen wird in der Unternehmenspraxis versucht, Kosten- und … Flexibilisierungsvorteile zu generieren. Während die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung zu den Determinanten von Outsourcing-Aktivitäten weit … vorangeschritten ist, sind empirische Studien zu den Wirkungen von Outsourcing allerdings noch immer selten. Insbesondere Effekte auf …

This paper analyzes the effects of trade and outsourcing on the transition probabilities of employment between sectors … labor market turnover. Increases in imports, terms of trade and, especially, in the outsourcing share negatively affect the …

This article analyzes profit taxation according to the arm's length principle in a new model where heterogeneous firms … sort into foreign outsourcing. We show that multinational firms are able to shift profits abroad even if they fully comply …

The paper analyzes how international outsourcing affected individual employment security. The analysis is carried out … at the micro-level, combining monthly spell data from household panel data and industry-level outsourcing measures. By … international outsourcing significantly lowers individual employment security. Interestingly, the effect does, however, not differ …

This paper shows the strategic aspects of international outsourcing in an oligopolistic market, if outsourcing is … attractive because of fixed cost savings. We show that outsourcing decisions are strategic substitutes. Furthermore, we … integrated production and thus leads to more outsourcing. Additionally, we analyse how domestic costs and taxation affect the …