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Capabilities as shift parameters for the outsourcing decision

Jain, Amit; Thiétart, Raymond-Alain - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014

In this paper, we argue that capabilities serve as shift parameters that result in a change in the critical value of … asset specificity at which firms switch from in-sourcing to outsourcing. Capabilities have two effects: they result in a … inimitability of capabilities employed in firm processes. Considered as shift parameters, the effect of capabilities integrates …

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Relational Contracts and the Economic Well-Being of Nations

Kukharskyy, Bohdan; Pflüger, Michael - 2011

Informal long-term relationships and mutual confidence play a crucial role in modern economies in at least two dimensions. First, the performance of firms is strongly affected by their capacity to solve organizational questions effectively and this capacity is apparently strongly related to...

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External technology supply and client-side innovation

Peukert, Christian - 2011

Flexibility in response to competitive pressure from globalized markets and increasingly individualized customer desires has become vital for firms. A common strategy to address this challenge is to employ a dynamic concept of organization and reach beyond the boundaries of the firm....

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Contracting out, an Empirical Study on Motives

Wassenaar, Mattheus; Groot, Tom; Gradus, Raymond - 2010

Municipalities may have various motives for decisions on the mode of their task execution. Empirical studies – based on both public choice and transaction costs theory - have not yet provided a fully comprehensive explanation for municipal contracting out decisions. Therefore, we held...

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Transaction Management: Value Creation by Reducing Transaction Costs

den Butter, Frank A.G. - 2010

In this era of globalization we see an increase in specialization: the production chain issplit up in more and more parts and the production of these parts is outsourced to thoseplaces in the world where production is relatively cheapest and most efficient. Itimplies that transaction costs,...

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Innovation and service outsourcing: An empirical analysis based on data from Tunisian firms

Sdiri, Hanen; Ayadi, Mohamed - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 5 (2016) 21, pp. 1-13

Recently, outsourcing services has been an important component of the organizational strategy of service firms. However, most research studies mainly focus on analyzing the determining factors of outsourcing at the expense of its structural effects. The aim of this paper is to examine the extent...

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Intangible assets and the organization of global supply chains

Bolatto, Stefano; Naghavi, Alireza; Ottaviano, … - 2017

This paper introduces the concept of intangible assets in sequential supply chains and the importance of their appropriability in the organizational decision of firms. We focus on the quality of intellectual property rights (IPR) institutions, which on top of the hold-up problem between a...

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The Hold-Down Problem and the Boundaries of the Firm: Lessons from a Hidden Action Model with Endogenous Outside Option

Schnedler, Wendelin; Sunde, Uwe - 2002

This paper offers a rationale for limiting the delegation of (real) authority, which neither relies on insurance arguments nor depends on ownership structure. We analyse a repeated hidden action model in which the actions of a risk neutral agent determine his future outside option. Consequently,...

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IT outsourcing in Finnish business

Maliranta, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri; Airaksinen, Aarno - 2008

This paper reviews the characteristics and magnitude of information technology (IT) outsourcing as well as studies its labor productivity effects with a representative sample of Finnish businesses. Depending on the IT task in question, on average from one-third to two-thirds of IT has been...

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Global sourcing of complex production processes

Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - 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...

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