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The asymmetric effects of tariffs on intra-firm trade and offshoring decisions
Díez, Federico J. - 2010
-South theoretical framework, I show that higher Northern tariffs reduce the incentives for outsourcing and offshoring, while higher … Southern tariffs have the opposite effects. I also show that increased offshoring and outsourcing imply an increase in the …. -- Intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; outsourcing tariffs …
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Global Delivery Models : The Role of Talent, Speed and Time Zones in the Global Outsourcing Industry
Manning, Stephan; Larsen, Marcus M.; Bharati, Pratyush - 2017
Global delivery models (GDMs) are transforming the global IT and business process outsourcing industry. GDMs are a new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014136833
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Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes
Schwarz, Christian - 2010
We develop a theory of a firm in an environment with incomplete contracts. The firm's headquarter decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, it decides: i) on the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are part of the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136032
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Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes
Schwarz, Christian - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120903
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Chapter 2. Multinational Firms and the Structure of International Trade
Antràs, Pol; Yeaple, Stephen R. - In: Handbook of international economics : Volume 4, (pp. 55-130). 2014
This chapter reviews the state of the international trade literature on multinational firms. This literature addresses three main questions. First, why do some firms operate in more than one country while others do not? Second, what determines in which countries production facilities are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025384
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Private Law and Competition Policy in the Global Economy
Calliess, Gralf-Peter - 2014
In this paper we criticize the so-called 'more economic approach' to European competition law for its disregard of the importance of a functional system of private law. The more economic approach presumes that vertical integration is an economically efficient governance-mechanism. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071116
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The Governance of Contracts : Empirical Evidence on Technology Licensing Agreements
Brousseau, Eric - 2015
This paper provides new evidence on the contractual governance of technology licensing agreements. Based upon an international sample of licensing contracts, we explore how the contractual design deals with specific contractual hazards. In particular, we comparatively assess the influences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012707973
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Mis-allocation Within Firms : Internal Finance and International Trade
Doerr, Sebastian - 2020
We develop a novel theory of mis-allocation within firms (rather than between firms) due to managers' empire building. We introduce an in- ternal capital market into a two-factor model of multi-segment firms. We show that more open markets impose discipline on competition for capital within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841027
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Mis-Allocation within Firms : Internal Finance and International Trade
Doerr, Sebastian; Marin, Dalia; Suverato, Davide; … - 2021
This paper develops a novel theory of capital mis-allocation within firms that stems from managers’ empire building and informational frictions within the organization. Introducing an internal capital market into a two-factor model of multi-segment firms, we show that international competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013312862
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The Asymmetric Effects of Tariffs on Intra-Firm Trade and Offshoring Decisions
Díez, Federico J. - 2010
-South theoretical framework, I show that higher Northern tariffs reduce the incentives for outsourcing and offshoring, while higher … Southern tariffs have the opposite effects. I also show that increased offshoring and outsourcing imply an increase in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141450