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dc.contributor.authorNaghavi, Alirezaen
dc.contributor.authorSpies, Juliaen
dc.contributor.authorToubal, Fariden
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-10T14:04:29Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-10T14:04:29Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/56778-
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we propose the technological complexity of a product and the level of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection to be the co-determinants of the mode through which multinational firms purchase their goods. We study the choice between intra-firm trade and outsourcing given heterogeneity at the product- (complexity), firm- (productivity) and country- (IPRs) level. Our findings suggest that the above three dimensions of heterogeneity are crucial for complex goods, where firms face a trade-off between higher marginal costs in the case of trade with an affiliate and higher imitation risks in the case of sourcing from an independent supplier. We test these predictions by combining data from a French firm-level survey on the mode choice for each transaction with a newly developed complexity measure at the product-level. Our fractional logit estimations confirm the proposition that although firms are generally reluctant to source highly complex goods from outside the firm's boundaries, they do so when a strong IPR regime in the host country guarantees the protection of their technology.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) |cTübingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIAW Diskussionspapiere |x75en
dc.subject.jelF12en
dc.subject.jelF23en
dc.subject.jelO34en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordSourcing decisionen
dc.subject.keywordproduct complexityen
dc.subject.keywordintellectual property rightsen
dc.subject.keywordfractional logit estimationen
dc.subject.stwMultinationales Unternehmenen
dc.subject.stwBeschaffungen
dc.subject.stwMake or Buyen
dc.subject.stwOutsourcingen
dc.subject.stwImmaterialgüterrechteen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwFrankreichen
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleInternational sourcing, product complexity and intellectual property rights-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn689529155en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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