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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 - Department of Economics Studies, University of Dundee - 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/10008914735
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OUTSOURCING VERSUS FDI IN OLIGOPOLY EQUILIBRIUM
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Department of Economics Studies, University of Dundee - 2008
wholly owned subsidiary or outsourcing it to a supplier who must make a relationship specific investment. Firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405129
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STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL OUTSOURCING IN UNIONISED OLIGOPOLY
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Department of Economics Studies, University of Dundee - 2010
We critically consider the conventional belief that the attractiveness of international outsourcing lies in cheaper … labour costs overseas and that it offers a means to ‘escape’ the power of unions. We develop an oligopoly model in which … firms facing unionised domestic labour market choose between producing an intermediate in-house or outsourcing it to a non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008603047
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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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‘Make-or-Buy' in International Oligopoly and the Role of Competitive Pressure
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …
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/10005176954
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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