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In this paper we empirically explore the make-or-buy decisions of peripheral services in manufacturing plants using … detailed information on a data set from a new plant-level survey from 926 plants distributed in all manufacturing industries in … consistent with the view that market size limits the degree of specialization at the plant level in the Spanish manufacturing …
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We study how alternative measures of market concentration may explain investment decisions of Mexican manufacturing …
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In this paper we empirically explore the 'make-or-buy' decisions of peripheral services in manufacturing plants using … detailed information on a data set from a new plant-level survey from 926 plants distributed in all manufacturing industries in … consistent with the view that market size limits the degree of specialization at the plant level in the Spanish manufacturing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603509
subsidiaries. Our findings suggest that that manufacturing subsidiaries have implemented numerous effective innovation routines …
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manufacturing subsidiaries of foreign MNCs, which indicate that Russian subsidiaries are not only recipients of knowledge and …
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We study how competition and corporate governance may explain investment decisions of Mexican manufacturing firms. We …
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This article analyzes, for the case of Brazil, the structure and the dynamics of two natural resources-based value chains: the poultry and wood furniture chains. The study shows that, in the sectors analyzed, there exist different models of organization of the value chains. Those differences are...
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This article analyzes, for the case of Brazil, the structure and the dynamics of two natural resources-based value chains: the poultry and wood furniture chains. The study shows that, in the sectors analyzed, there exist different models of organization of the value chains. Those differences are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433046
This study examines leadership dynamics in the regional jet manufacturing industry from the 1980s onwards. With the … Brazilian Embraer, with its already proven design, manufacturing and marketing capabilities in the regional jet industry was the …
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This paper provides a novel taxonomy of firms based on specialization versus diversification in production and markets. Firms may choose to specialize on few production activities or alternatively may build expertise in many activities. There is an accompanying decision when firms sell their...
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