In this paper, we develop a two-sector general equilibrium trade model which includes offshoring, sequential production, and endogenous market structures. We analyze how relative factor endowments and various forms of globalization and technological change affect equilibrium offshoring patterns....

In this paper, we develop a two-sector general equilibrium trade model which includes offshoring, sequential production, and endogenous market structures. We analyze how relative factor endowments and various forms of globalization and technological change affect equilibrium offshoring patterns....

Does foreign entry improve host country productivity and welfare? Previous studies have looked at the role of backward linkages with domestic suppliers and their effects on domestic competitors. In this paper, we study how these externalities are affected by technological incompatibilities...

The current detailed research critically investigates the not-so-common relationship between strategic foresight and costs saving leadership practices in manufacturing organizations in the UAE. The lack of previous studies scrutinizing this relationship and the research’s hypothesis of the...

Many firms own links of production chains- i.e., they own both upstream and downstream plants in vertically linked industries. We use broad-based yet detailed data from the economy’s goods-producing sectors to investigate the reasons for such vertical ownership. It does not appear that...

We model and analyze product reusability (executed through either refurbishing or remanufacturing), in the presence of supply disruptions. By assuming that consumers could exchange their used units for new ones and firms can attract consumers to do so through an exchange fee, we develop a...

Motivated by the recent trend of increasing transparency and traceability in the food and pharmaceutical industries, we investigate the impacts of traceability on a supply chain in which a buyer (e.g., a procurement agent or retailer) sources a product from multiple competing suppliers. When a...