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Product versus Process: Innovation Strategies of Multi-Product Firms
Flach, Lisandra; Irlacher, Michael - 2014
This paper studies the innovation strategies of multi-product firms in industries with different scope for product differentiation. In a simple model of multi-product firms, we show that returns to product versus process innovation are industry-specific. Demand and cost linkages induce a natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427702
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Global production networks and the People's Republic of China's processing trade
Ma, Alyson; Van Assche, Ari; Hong, Chang - 2009
This paper unveils a systematic pattern in the People's Republic of China's (PRC) processing trade. In a cross … relating the PRC's geographical location to its processing trade patterns. First, the PRC's processing exports are negatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003927407
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Globalization and the gains from variety : the case of a small open economy
Mohler, Lukas - 2009
quantification for the first time using highly disaggregated trade data. In this paper it is argued that size and openness of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373513
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Do exporting firms benefit from retail internationalization? : [evidence from France]
Cheptea, Angela; Emlinger, Charlotte; Latouche, Karine - 2015
trade cost advantage for retailers’ domestic suppliers, or a shift in foreign demand from which benefit all origin country … markets of other retailers. This difference in behavior for certified and non-certified exporting firms confirms the trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318428
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Product versus process : innovation strategies of multi-product firms
Flach, Lisandra; Irlacher, Michael - 2014
This paper studies the innovation strategies of multi-product firms in industries with different scope for product differentiation. In a simple model of multi-product firms, we show that returns to product versus process innovation are industry-specific. Demand and cost linkages induce a natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010396076
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Low-wage import competition, inflationary pressure, and industry dynamics in Europe
Auer, Raphael A.; Degen, Kathrin; Fischer, Andreas M. - 2011
What is the impact of import competition from low-wage countries (LWCs) on inflationary pressure in Europe? This paper examines whether labor-intensive exports from emerging Europe, Asia, and other global regions have a uniform impact on producer prices in Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009300390
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Globalization and Economic Partnerships Effects on International Trade with Reference to Sudan
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068347
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The Theory of the Firm Goes Global
Marin, Dalia - 2013
of the world economy that can be explained by incorporating the theory of the firm into the theory of international trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071383
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Market Access in Global and Regional Trade
de Sousa, José - 2012
estimate the impact of national borders on global and regional trade flows. Results show that difficulties faced by developing … still have an influence on trade patterns, they do not seem to explain an important part of the border effect. Last, our … expected ranking between their respective trade impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112665
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Corporate Social Responsibility along the global value chain
Herkenhoff, Philipp; Krautheim, Sebastian; Semrau, Finn Ole - 2021
Firms are under increasing pressure to meet stakeholders’ demand for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) along their global value chains. We study the incentives for and investments in CSR at different stages of the production process. We analyze a model of sequential production with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796989