Which firms are involved in foreign vertical integration?

In line with the literature that considers that transaction costs, asset specificity and incomplete contracts play a key role in the "make or buy decision", this paper seeks to identify the characteristics of offshoring firms that make them more or less likely to integrate their activities...

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Autores: Pelegrín Solé, Àngels, Garcia-Quevedo, Jose
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/98220
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Deslocalització industrial
Integració vertical
Business relocation
Vertical integration
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spelling Which firms are involved in foreign vertical integration?Pelegrín Solé, ÀngelsGarcia-Quevedo, JoseDeslocalització industrialIntegració verticalBusiness relocationVertical integrationIn line with the literature that considers that transaction costs, asset specificity and incomplete contracts play a key role in the "make or buy decision", this paper seeks to identify the characteristics of offshoring firms that make them more or less likely to integrate their activities in a foreign country. Our results show that the real candidates for foreign vertical integration are those firms that have a large share of their inputs provided by headquarters. Firms engaged in foreign vertical integration are more capital and skill-intensive than those exclusively dedicated to foreign outsourcing. The degree of foreign vertical integration also matters since the most intensively integrated firms are also the most productive. We also demonstrate that international experience and product differentiation favor foreign vertical integration.Universidad de Zaragoza2016201620152016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion21 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/98220Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://www.revecap.com/revista/default.htmlRevista de Economia Aplicada, 2015, vol. XXIII, num. 69, p. 5-25(c) Pelegrín Solé, Àngels et al., 2015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/982202026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Which firms are involved in foreign vertical integration?
spellingShingle Which firms are involved in foreign vertical integration?
Pelegrín Solé, Àngels
Deslocalització industrial
Integració vertical
Business relocation
Vertical integration
title_short Which firms are involved in foreign vertical integration?
title_full Which firms are involved in foreign vertical integration?
title_fullStr Which firms are involved in foreign vertical integration?
title_full_unstemmed Which firms are involved in foreign vertical integration?
title_sort Which firms are involved in foreign vertical integration?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pelegrín Solé, Àngels
Garcia-Quevedo, Jose
author Pelegrín Solé, Àngels
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Garcia-Quevedo, Jose
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author2 Garcia-Quevedo, Jose
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Deslocalització industrial
Integració vertical
Business relocation
Vertical integration
topic Deslocalització industrial
Integració vertical
Business relocation
Vertical integration
description In line with the literature that considers that transaction costs, asset specificity and incomplete contracts play a key role in the "make or buy decision", this paper seeks to identify the characteristics of offshoring firms that make them more or less likely to integrate their activities in a foreign country. Our results show that the real candidates for foreign vertical integration are those firms that have a large share of their inputs provided by headquarters. Firms engaged in foreign vertical integration are more capital and skill-intensive than those exclusively dedicated to foreign outsourcing. The degree of foreign vertical integration also matters since the most intensively integrated firms are also the most productive. We also demonstrate that international experience and product differentiation favor foreign vertical integration.
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