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Republic of Korea; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This note is on Korea’s transition to a knowledge-based economy, the prospects and challenges ahead, and the development of its financial sector. Assessment of recent government initiatives to develop capital markets has been presented. The note discusses restrictions on Chaebol ownership...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243724
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Global sourcing of complex production processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), … - 2013
We develop a theory of a firm in an incomplete contracts environment which decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, the firm decides i) how many intermediate inputs are simultaneously combined to a final product, ii) if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956712
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Behaviour of Belgian firms in the context of globalisation : lessons from the conference on “International Trade : Threats and Opportunities in a Globalised World”
Dhyne, E.; Dresse, L.; Fuss, C.; Piette, Ch. - In: Economic Review (2011) I, pp. 73-88
offshoring are comparable. Finally, while multinationals manage their workforce more flexibly than domestic firms, they have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357662
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Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - CESifo - 2011
We develop a theory of a firm in an incomplete contracts environment which decides on its complexity, organization, and global scale. Specifically, the firm decides i) how thinly it wants to slice its production process by choosing the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278130
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Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We develop a theory of a firm in an environment with incomplete contracts. The firm’s headquarter decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, it decides: i) on the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are part of the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693834
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Brain Drain with FDI Gain? Factor Mobility between Eastern and Western Europe
Simone, Gianfranco De; Manchin, Miriam - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2008
A growing strand of literature highlights that skilled migration may favour growth-enhancing technology transfer, trade and foreign direct investments between the source and the host economies of migrants (network effects). We explore a specific channel through which the possible \"diaspora...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962221
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R&D (Re)location: A Bird's Eye (Re)view
Santos-Paulino, Amelia U.; Squicciarini, Mariagrazia; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008
The paper builds a framework for the analysis of research and development (R&D) offshoring and outsourcing that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001355
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Measuring international production fragmentation: where do we stand?
Formentini, Silvia; Iapadre, P. Lelio - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 1 (2008) 3, pp. 330-352
Despite the growing importance of international fragmentation of production, it is still difficult to accurately assess its real size and effect. Several different indicators were proposed over the last decade, but their capacity to provide precise and consistent results is often hindered by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005543903
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Outsourcing and Offshoring - Overview from Finland in the Early 21st Century (in Finnish with English abstract and summary)
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006
This study analyses the extent and motives of outsourcing and offshoring. We find that in early 2000, 10, 000 23, 000 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005749330
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The export-magnification effect of offshoring
Kleinert, Joern; Zorell, Nico - European Central Bank - 2012
analytically in a general equilibrium model with heterogeneous firms that a fall in variable offshoring costs boosts trade in … call the export-magnification effect of offshoring. More specifically, lower barriers to offshoring reduce the average … costs of inputs for offshoring firms and allow more firms to source cheap foreign intermediates, which improves firm …
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