This paper investigates the impacts of offshore and onshore outsourcing on China's
upgrading in global value chains (GVCs). First, based on Antràs and Chor (2018) and Wang …

This article investigates the relationship between the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (HHI) and
welfare in multiple‐leader Stackelberg models. We formulate two long‐run models of free …

This paper investigates two sourcing strategies of firms, outsourcing and importing, and links
these to innovation activities. The authors examine this empirically using firm‐level data for …

We investigate a desirable role of public enterprise in mixed oligopoly in free-entry markets.
We compare the following three cases:(a) a public firm produces before private firms (public …

This study investigates the short‐run and long‐run relationships of trade and privatisation
policies. In both the short run and the long run, the optimal degree of privatisation is …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic treatment of tax policies in mixed
markets with endogenous entry. We consider three types of tax-subsidy policies: a simple …

This paper investigates the determinants of international R&D outsourcing, in particular the
role of trade. We sketch a monopolistic competition model with heterogeneous firms where …

Previous studies document that investing in research and development is a key factor to
keep firm survive in the long-run. This study instead focuses on the relationship between …

This paper studies the rationale for multiple sourcing. In a simple model of outsourcing that
embodies technology transfer and the threat of competition from the supplier (s) due to …

Purpose–The paper aims to discuss the need to balance selflessness and self‐interest
issues in outsourcing decisions. This discussion is timely given the tensions that currently …