A key decision facing firms is the extent of control to exert over the different stages in their
production processes. We develop and test a property rights model of firm boundary choices …

This paper examines the implications of global production sharing for economic integration
in East Asia with emphasis on the behavior of trade flows in the wake of the 2008 global …

This paper examines how China's emergence as a major trading nation is affecting export
performance of its East Asian neighbours. Following a stage‐setting overview of trends and …

Lazonick explores the origins of the new era of employment insecurity and income
inequality, and considers what governments, businesses, and individuals can do about it …

How the chip industry has responded to a series of crises over the past twenty-five years,
often reinventing itself and shifting the basis for global competitive advantage. For decades …

In this paper, we show that the substitution of imported for domestically produced goods and
services—often known as offshoring—can lead to overestimates of US productivity growth …

We consider the effect of employee stock options on employee mobility and employee
entrepreneurship. Employee stock options are firm-specific, long-term, equity-based …

Learning-by-doing is an important concept in economics as it is one of the main driving
forces of economic progress. However, corporate learning is a slow process, so outsourcing …

Life-Cycle Assessment of Semiconductors presents the first and thus far only available
transparent and complete life cycle assessment of semiconductor devices. A lack of reliable …

In this article, we present an analysis of how East Asian states (specifically, Japan, South
Korea and Taiwan) are adapting to the emerging geopolitical contexts of the 'great powers …