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Innovation and the international firm structure : theory and evidence from German firm-level data
Hansen, Thorsten - 2010
This paper studies the impact of innovation on the organizational structure. The theoretical framework predicts that a larger parental pool of knowledge raises the probability of oshoring. This holds in a national as well as an international context. However, when the producer loses territorial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952118
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Innovation and the international firm structure : theory and evidence from German firm-level data
Hansen, Thorsten - 2010
larger parental pool of knowledge raises the probability of offshoring. This holds in a national as well as an international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003953947
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Global sourcing and firm selection
Kohler, Wilhelm; Smolka, Marcel - 2013
integration)? Which firms choose to expand their sourcing activities across the national border (offshoring)? This letter provides … vertical integration and of offshoring tend to have been more productive ex ante than firms choosing not to do so. This finding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199514
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Kollektive Lohnverhandlungen und Auslandsdirektinvestitionen : eine empirische Studie mit Firmendaten
Peters, Ralf-Henning - 2000
Diese Studie untersucht den Einfluss des Tarifvertragssystems auf die Entscheidung von Unternehmen, im Ausland zu investieren. Ein Lohnverhandlungsmodell zeigt, dass produktive Unternehmen durch Flächentarifverträge im Heimatland begünstigt werden und seltener im Ausland investieren als bei...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444517
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Sales and Markup Dispersion : Theory and Empirics
Mrazova, Monika - 2019
We derive exact conditions relating the distributions of firm productivity, sales, output, and markups to the form of demand in monopolistic competition. Applications include a new “CREMR” demand function (Constant Revenue Elasticity of Marginal Revenue): it is necessary and sufficient for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892151
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Sales and markup dispersion : theory and empirics
Mrázová, Monika; Neary, J. Peter; Parenti, Mathieu - 2018
We derive exact conditions relating the distributions of firm productivity, sales, output, and markups to the form of demand in monopolistic competition. Applications include a new “CREMR” demand function (Constant Revenue Elasticity of Marginal Revenue): it is necessary and sufficient for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955531
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Essays on offshoring, wage inequality and innovation
Benz, Sebastian - 2014
chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … similar frameworks. In the first framework the profitability of offshoring is based on increasing returns to scale on the task …-level, whereas the second framework relies on differences in relative factor endowments of the two countries involved in offshoring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742945
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Innovation and the International Firm Structure: Theory and Evidence from German Firm-Level Data
Hansen, Thorsten - 2010
This paper studies the impact of innovation on the organizational structure. The theoretical framework predicts that a larger parental pool of knowledge raises the probability of oshoring. This holds in a national as well as an international context. However, when the producer loses territorial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427568
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Trade in tasks and the organization of firms : conference paper
Marin, Dalia; Schymik, Jan; Tarasov, Alexander - 2014 - Preliminary and incomplete draft
reorganize to more decentralized management improving competitiveness of offshoring firms. We show further that offshoring of … level of decentralization and CEO wages of offshoring firms. In sufficiently open economies, however, managerial offshoring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491080
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FDI and onshore employment dynamics
Koerner, Konstantin; Moritz, Michael; Schäffler, Johannes - 2021
In this paper, we revisit questions about the onshore employment effects of firms that conduct foreign direct investment (FDI) in countries with substantially lower average wages. Our results derive from the use of rich administrative records on the universe of employees in German multinational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519589