کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5086383 1375173 2008 16 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Modularity and the organization of international production
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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Modularity and the organization of international production
چکیده انگلیسی

In recent decades, the global electronics industry has experienced a large reorganization. U.S. electronics firms have on a large scale off-shored and outsourced their manufacturing activities. Japanese electronics firms have offshored a large portion of their manufacturing, but have remained vertically integrated. To account for these industry trends, we build an two-country industry-equilibrium model in which firms concurrently choose (i) a product architecture, (ii) an ownership structure and (iii) a location for production. We demonstrate that technological advances that allow firms to more easily modularize their products can explain the co-evolving trends of offshoring and outsourcing. We also assess the role of technology on the different patterns of reorganization between Japanese and U.S. firms.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Japan and the World Economy - Volume 20, Issue 3, August 2008, Pages 353-368
نویسندگان
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