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The Hold-Down Problem and the Boundaries of the Firm: Lessons from a Hidden Action Model with Endogenous Outside Option
Schnedler, Wendelin; Sunde, Uwe - 2002
This paper offers a rationale for limiting the delegation of (real) authority, which neither relies on insurance arguments nor depends on ownership structure. We analyse a repeated hidden action model in which the actions of a risk neutral agent determine his future outside option. Consequently,...
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Globalization and the German industrial production model
Herrigel, Gary - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 48 (2015) 2, pp. 133-149
Globalization is transforming the German manufacturing production model. German manufacturing MNCs are shifting from servicing global demand via exports to a strategy of 'produce where you sell' FDI expansion in emerging global markets. This strategy is generating recursive dynamics that are...
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Aspekte ressourcenorientierter Unternehmensführung
Nolte, Heike (contributor) - 1998
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Hybrid Strategy and Firm Performance: The Moderating Role of Individual and Technological Ambidexterity
Mahr, Ferdinand - 2010
It is discussed whether hybrid strategies are beneficial or detrimental to a firm’s performance, because hybrid strategies lead to organizational tensions that arise from the simultaneous pursuit of distinct strategic activities. However, existing studies on the relationship between hybrid...
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Strategy implementation tactics as response to organizational, strategic, and environmental imperatives
Lehner, Johannes - In: Management Revue 15 (2004) 4, pp. 460-480
Based on previous literature in the fields of strategy implementation and leadership research tactics for strategy implementation are identified. Three categories proved empirically valid in this study: autocratic tactics, participative tactics and tactics which rely on the given culture of the...
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Business environment, managerial strategies, and the allocation of decision-making authorities in Swiss Firms
Beckmann, Michael; Armbruster, Kathrin - 2010
introduction of a diversi ca- tion or an outsourcing strategy, are expected to result in a shift towards a more centralized or … outsourcing on a decentralized decision rights assignment, whereas a diversi cation strategy yields no in uence. The conclusion …
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The European Union's service directive: Contrasting ex ante estimates with empirical evidence
Dettmer, Bianka - 2012
One of the top priorities to improve the European Union's growth performance is the creation ofsingle market for services. The directive on services adopted by the Parliament and the Council by the end of 2006 aims at removing barriers to the free movement of service providers on the internal...
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Recruitment Process Outsourcing: Eine Szenariostudie zur Akzeptanz von Outsourcing-Maßnahmen in der Personalauswahl
Giardini, Angelo; Kabst, Rüdiger - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 22 (2008) 4, pp. 370-387
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 …
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Sectoral adjustment of employment: The impact of outsourcing and trade at the micro level
Egger, Peter; Pfaffermayr, Michael; Weber, Andrea - 2003
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293726
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Sorting into Outsourcing: Are Profits Taxed at a Gorilla's Arm's Lenght?
Bauer, Christian J.; Langenmayr, Dominika - 2011
sort into foreign outsourcing. We show that multinational firms are able to shift profits abroad even if they fully comply …
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