Essays about: "outsourcing production"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 82 essays containing the words outsourcing production.

  1. 6. Internationalization and Innovation; A PSM Approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Michela Gasperini; [2020]
    Keywords : Propensity score matching; offshoring and outsourcing; innovation; internationalization; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Recent phenomena, as the offshoring of R&D activities, have raised the question of whether intensive internationalization strategies are hampering the abilities of firms to implement innovations. This research wants to study the intensive margin of internationalization in order to understand whether the breakage of the links within the production processes, due to practices such as offshoring and outsourcing, were indeed jeopardizing the innovative capacities of European manufacturing firms in 2008. READ MORE

  3. 7. Labour Governance of Global Supply Chains: A Study of the Implications of Globalization on Labour Law and the Protection and Enforceability of Labour Rights Within Global Supply Chains

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Deria Rumina Yenidogan; [2020]
    Keywords : international labour law global supply chains globalization; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to build an understanding of the current instruments and mechanisms governing global supply chains and to identify the governance gaps in the protection of labour rights. In order to fully understand the implications of globalization on labour law, the thesis undertakes a theoretical framework drawing on transnational labour law perspectives and a conceptual analysis of global supply chains. READ MORE

  4. 8. Sectoral Decomposition of Technology-adjusted CO2 Emissions from International Trade in China 1999-2009

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Enelin Tiiman; [2019]
    Keywords : CO2 emissions; carbon leakage; multi-region input-output; LMDI decomposition; China; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the context of increasing focus on the climate change China is being blamed for its large contribution to global CO2 emissions, which have been produced within China’s territory. However, increasing number of researches have started to argue that the developed countries should be held responsible for displacing their emissions by outsourcing pollution-heavy production to the developing countries. READ MORE

  5. 9. Privata skogsägares preferenser och betalningsvilja vid val av maskinstorlek i gallring

    University essay from SLU/Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology (from 131204)

    Author : Linnea Sundström; [2019]
    Keywords : gallring; maskinval; skogsägare; kvantitativ; studie;

    Abstract : Hälften av Sveriges skogsmark ägs av privata skogsägare och resterande halvan fördelas mellan staten, aktiebolag och övriga privata ägare. När dessa skogsägare brukar sin skog är gallring en vanlig skötselåtgärd för att under en omloppstid öka tillväxten i ett givet bestånd. READ MORE

  6. 10. Invest to perform internally versus outsourcing of metal additive manufacturing : An exploratory case study

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    Author : Robert Johansson; Sonny Rindom Brinter; [2019]
    Keywords : Make or buy; Invest to perform internally versus outsource; Additive manufacturing; Metal AM; Make or buy; Investera för att utföra internt avvägt mot outsourca; Additiv tillverkning; Metall AT;

    Abstract : Firms often stand before decisions on whether to make or buy components. Various well-established theories that have been applied and developed to understand make or buy decisions have also been critiqued for not generating a well-based decision basis. READ MORE