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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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Competition intensity, potential competition and transaction cost economics
Busse, Matthias - 2002
As the process of globalisation of the world economy progresses, the degree of international competition among enterprises increases as well. Yet not all industries or branches are affected to the same extent by this development. One of the most important factors which determine the degree of...
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Transaktionskosten und Wettbewerbspolitik
Busse, Matthias - 2001
Die Unternehmen stehen durch die fortschreitende Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft in einem zunehmend internationalen Wettbewerb, wovon jedoch nicht alle Branchen im gleichen Ausmaß erfasst werden. Determiniert wird der Globalisierungsgrad einer Branche vor allem durch die Höhe der...
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Self-regulation and trust under endogenous transaction costs
Sacco, Pier Luigi - 1997
We consider a partnership game with two roles in which a large population of firms interact to carry out, say, R&D joint ventures. The partners have to build a common-property asset through a sequence of costly investments. Firms have access to a monitoring technology whose cost depends on the...
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Transaction Costs, Market Failure and Economic Development
Todorova, Tamara - 2016
This paper relates economic development to transaction costs. It reveals the triad transaction costs-market failure-economic underdevelopment. Many scholars attribute the problems of development to the failure of markets to perform their role of resource allocation. Some deny market failure and...
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Offset Credits in the EU ETS: A Quantile Estimation of Firm-Level Transaction Costs
Naegele, Helene - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 70 (2018) 1, pp. 77-106
International carbon offset certificates were cheaper than European Union Allowances, although they were substitutes within the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Thus, firms had a strong incentive to use offset certificates. However, a considerable number of firms did not exhaust their...
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A Reexamination of Renewable Electricity Policy in Sweden
Fridolfsson, Sven-Olof; Tangerås, Thomas - 2012
Green certificates are the main instrument for promoting renewable electricity (RES-E) in Sweden. But certificates cover only a limited share of total RES-E production. Under partial coverage, crowding out may arise whereby costly new RES-E replaces inexpensive old RES-E. Granting certificates...
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Liberalisation of network industries : is electricity an exception to the rule?
Coppens, François; Vivet, David - 2004
For quite a long time, network industries used to be regarded as (natural) monopolies. This was due to these industries having some special characteristics. Network externalities and economies of scale in particular justified the (natural) monopoly thesis. Recently, however, a trend towards...
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Transaction costs and tradable permits : empirical evidence from the EU emissions trading scheme
Heindl, Peter - 2012
In this paper, transaction costs in the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) are examined empirically based on survey data from German companies. Transaction costs from measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of emissions, permit trading and general informational costs are considered....
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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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