外包与不确定环境的最优资本投资

本文以需求不确定性为切入点,为外包生产行为提出一个解释。当需求存在不确定性时,我们分别考虑存在与不存在外包可能性的两种情况下的最优资本投资模型。我们发现,当存在不确定性时,外包行为具有帕累托改进的性质,而且,在存在外包可能性的情况下,生产品牌产品的垄断厂商可以借此降低固定资产投资。此外,我们还发现外包的成本对于垄断厂商的资本投资具有显著的影响。

OPTIMAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT,UNCERTAINTY AND OUTSOURCING

This paper provides an uncertainty-based explanation for outsourcing. We study abrand-producing firm's choice of optimal capital investment both with and without the possibilityto outsource under uncertainty. We show that in the presence of uncertainty outsourcing is Pareto-improving and that a brand-producing monopolist reduces its fixed-asset investment if outsourcingis possible. We also show that the cost of undertaking outsourcing can have a significant impact onthe monopolist's choices of optimal capit...