Over the past two decades multinational firms from high-technology industries have increasingly relied on outsourcing … firm (RBV) and develop hypotheses claiming that outsourcing of production will not result in the outsourcing of … of the sample firms has not been affected by the ongoing outsourcing activities. The empirical observation gives rise to …

firm valuenegatively. Our results are in contrast with the existing literature of diversification and familyownership on … findthat IT outsourcing has a strong positive effect on stock prices of announcing firms,especially for longer event windows …

holders affect firm value negatively. Our results are in contrast with the existing literature of diversification and family …, we examined the issues related to market reaction on IT outsourcing announcement and firm characteristics which induce … firms to outsource. We find that IT outsourcing has a strong positive effect on stock prices of announcing firms, especially …

This paper studies how firms reorganize following diversification, proposing that firms use outsourcing, or vertical … following diversification. We test these propositions using microdata on taxicab and limousine fleets from the Economic Census … use outsourcing to manage diseconomies of scope at a particular point in the value chain and (2) interagent conflicts can …

Mit dem Outsourcing von Personalfunktionen und -prozessen wird in der Unternehmenspraxis versucht, Kosten- und … Flexibilisierungsvorteile zu generieren. Während die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung zu den Determinanten von Outsourcing-Aktivitäten weit … vorangeschritten ist, sind empirische Studien zu den Wirkungen von Outsourcing allerdings noch immer selten. Insbesondere Effekte auf …

This paper analyzes the effects of trade and outsourcing on the transition probabilities of employment between sectors … labor market turnover. Increases in imports, terms of trade and, especially, in the outsourcing share negatively affect the …