The role of design method and process technology in stable outsourcing equilibria |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 256 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA;2. Amazon Japan G.K., Arco Tower Annex 1-8-1 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0064 Japan;3. Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169–8050, Japan;1. Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies, The University of Alabama, 200 Alston Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA;2. Econonomic Science Institute, Chapman Univeristy, One University Dr., Orange, CA 92866, USA;3. Department of Economics, Clemson University, 228 Sirrine Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, USA;1. School of Economics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China;2. Department of Economics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada;3. Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;1. Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8603, Japan;2. JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development, 10-5, Ichigaya Honmuracho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8433, Japan;3. Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho Inage-ku, Chiba, Chiba 263-8522, Japan |
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| Abstract: | We analyze a model of vertical (dis)integration between manufacturing and design in a monopolistically competitive market. Specialized input manufacturers can serve multiple design firms and the manufacturer-designer pairs negotiate a non-binding contract to share input customization cost and production surplus. Hand-collected data on 387 product lines from 118 semiconductor firms are used to predict the firm’s decision to outsource manufacturing. We find that, for instance, the use of design tools that facilitate collaboration and process technologies that facilitate learning are both positively associated with outsourcing, consistent with the model’s prediction. |
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