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Organization of Multinational Activities and Ownership Structure
Mugele, Christian; Schnitzer, Monika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
assume that investors face costs of control that vary among sectors and increase in distance. The results show that (i … distance may have a non-monotonous effect on the likelihood of horizontal investments, and (iii) that globalization, if … understood as reducing distance, leads to more integration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005739686
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Organization of Multinational Activities and Ownership Structure
Mugele, Christian; Schnitzer, Monika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
assume that investors face costs of control that vary among sectors and increase in distance. The results show that (i … distance may have a non-monotonous effect on the likelihood of horizontal investments, and (iii) that globalization, if … understood as reducing distance, leads to more integration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791570
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Organization of Multinational Activities and Ownership Structure
Mugele, Christian; Schnitzer, Monika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
assume that investors face costs of control that vary among sectors and increase in distance. The results show that (i … distance may have a non-monotonous effect on the likelihood of horizontal investments, and (iii) that globalization, if … understood as reducing distance, leads to more integration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187323
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Grossman-Hart (1986) Goes Global: Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production
Antràs, Pol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
I survey the influence of Grossman and Hart's (1986) seminal paper in the field of International Trade. I discuss the implementation of the theory in open-economy environments and its implications for the international organization of production and the structure of international trade flows. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320400
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'New Forms' of Investment in LDCs by Swedish Multinationals
Blomström, Magnus; Swedenborg, Birgitta - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1985
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684543
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The International Firm: A Vehicle for Overcoming Barriers to Trade and a Global Intelligence Organization Diffusing the Notion of a Nation
Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1988
The multinational firm (MNF) is introduced as the intersection between trade theory and the theory of the firm. I show that economies of scale associated with various knowledge inputs have made it possible for firms to grow large through internationalization and, once large, staying competitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019068
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Global Sourcing
Antràs, Pol; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We present a North-South model of international trade in which differentiated products are developed in the North. Sectors are populated by final-good producers who differ in productivity levels. Based on productivity and sectoral characteristics, firms decide whether to integrate into the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788904
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Relational Incentive Contracts
Malcomson, James - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010
This chapter reviews the literature on the theory of relational incentive contracts.  It motivates the discussion by the classic applications of relational contracts to the GM-Fisher Body relationship and the relationships between Japanese automobile manufacturers and their subcontractors.  It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671389
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Will production relocate from Asia to Finland? Case Bicycle (in Finnish with English abstract and summary)
Kalm, Matias; Seppälä, Timo - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2012
In this paper, we study the value chain of a Finnish designed bicycle and how the value added of the product is spread through the value chain in three distinct cases. In the first case the bicycle is manufactured in Finland by the researched company. In the two other cases the manufacturing of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010987315
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Intra-Firm Trade and Product Contractibility
Jensen, J. Bradford; Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen J. - Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics … - 2010
This paper examines the determinants of intra-firm trade in US imports using detailed country-product data. We create a new measure of product contractibility based on the degree of intermediation in international trade for the product. We find important roles for the interaction of country and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505983