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Firm-asymmetry and strategic outsourcing

Cao, Jiyun; Mukherjee, Arijit; Sinha, Uday Bhanu

Authors

Jiyun Cao

ARIJIT MUKHERJEE Arijit.Mukherjee@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Industrial Economics

Uday Bhanu Sinha



Abstract

In contrast to the conventional wisdom, we show that a final goods producer may outsource input production to an outside supplier even if the final goods producer possesses a superior input-production technology compared to the outside supplier. Such an outsourcing may reduce consumer surplus and social welfare. We also show that, in the presence of outsourcing, innovation by the firm doing outsourcing to reduce the cost of in-house input production and to reduce the input coefficient in the final goods production may have significantly different implications for the consumers and the society.

Citation

Cao, J., Mukherjee, A., & Sinha, U. B. (in press). Firm-asymmetry and strategic outsourcing. International Review of Economics and Finance, 53, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2017.10.008

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 10, 2017
Online Publication Date Oct 16, 2017
Deposit Date Oct 11, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal International Review of Economics and Finance
Print ISSN 1059-0560
Electronic ISSN 1059-0560
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 53
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2017.10.008
Keywords Outsourcing; Consumer surplus; Welfare
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/888009
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105905601630274X

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