Why do many of the world's most productive firms prefer global outsourcing to FDI? To address this issue, this paper introduces an intermediate-good producer to Antràs and Helpman's (2004) North–South model, where the Northern firms can employ the producer via an outsourcing contract and have...

Controller bieten dem Management interne Beratung und Unterstützung aus dem Blickwinkel finanzieller Handlungsmotive an (vgl. Kesten 2001, S.30 ff.). Dies trifft auch bei der Planung, Abwicklung und Kontrolle von Projekten zu. Der Beratungsfokus liegt dabei insbesondere auf Fragen zur...

As a response to competitive market forces and governmental steering policies, Australian universities have strengthened considerably their internal research management in the last two decades. This paper examines empirically the effect of management on academic research productivity. The...