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Bartel, Ann P. - 2014

suppliers, who can afford to use the latest technology, becomes relatively cheaper. The predictions of the model are tested …

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Outsourcing with Debt Financing

Teixeira, João C. A. - 2013

This paper investigates the effect of capital structure on a firm's choice between vertical integration and outsourcing. We model the production decision in a Principal-Agent framework and show that suppliers use debt as a strategic instrument to collect the surplus from outsourcing as their...

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Regulating the Human Supply Chain

Gordon, Jennifer - 2017

Over the past decade, the United States has experienced a stunning 65% decline in undocumented immigration. While politicians seem unaware of this change, firms that once relied on local undocumented workers as a low-wage labor force feel it acutely. Such companies have increasingly applied to...

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Smallholder Participation in Agricultural Value Chains : Comparative Evidence from Three Continents

Barrett, Christopher B. - 2015

Supermarkets, specialized wholesalers, and processors and agro-exporters' agricultural value chains have begun to transform the marketing channels into which smallholder farmers sell produce in low-income economies. We develop a conceptual framework through which to study contracting between...

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Managing Transaction Costs in International Production : Evidence on Entrepreneurship from Case Studies in the Netherlands

Berghuis, Ebel - 2013

This era of globalization is characterized by an ongoing international fragmentation of production where the supply chain is split up in more and more parts. The traditional Ricardian theory of trade in products governed by comparative advantages is replaced by a modern theory of trade in tasks....

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Factoryless Goods Producers in the US

Bernard, Andrew B. - 2013

This paper documents the extent and characteristics of plants and firms in the US that are outside the manufacturing sector according to official government statistics but nonetheless are heavily involved in activities related to the production of manufactured goods. Using new data on...

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Moral Hazard and the Property Rights Approach to the Theory of the Firm

Schmitz, Patrick W. - 2020

an investment decision, B-ownership can yield higher investment incentives. Moreover, ownership matters even when …

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Understanding the Japanese Keiretsu : Overlaps between Corporate Governance and Industrial Organization

Gilson, Ronald J. - 2017

system-banks with extensive investment in industry and industry with extensive cross-ownership-we must understand the …

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How the Domestic Industry of Costa Rica Became More Competitive in the US Market. Antecedents and Trends

Peña-Vinces, Jesús - 2019

Purpose - The aim of this work is to study the reorientation that the export industrial sectors in Costa Rica have experienced during the last 20 years.Research design, data, methodology - The study employs the Cluster Analysis with the export data (20 years of cut-off period) from Costa Rica to...

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Asymmetric Information and the Property Rights Approach to the Theory of the Firm

Schmitz, Patrick W. - 2019

is symmetric. Ownership matters for investment incentives, provided that investments are partly relationship-specific. We … investments). It turns out that if there is asymmetric information, then ownership matters for investment incentives and for the … expected total surplus. Specifically, giving ownership to party can be optimal, even when only party has to make an investment …

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