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Randolph Kirchain - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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plastic cars in china the significance of Production Location over markets for technology competitiveness in the united states versus the people s republic of china
International Journal of Production Economics, 2011Co-Authors: Erica R H Fuchs, Frank Field, Richard Roth, Randolph KirchainAbstract:This paper demonstrates the significance of Location-specific differences in manufacturing characteristics and in consumer demand for technology competitiveness. It looks, in particular, at the economic viability of emerging polymer composite automobile body technologies if produced in the United States (U.S.) versus if produced in the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) The results show that polymer composite bodies, when produced locally for the local market, are competitive for significantly fewer cars in the P.R.C. (7%) than in the U.S. (29%). Despite consumer demand characteristics in the P.R.C. being more favorable for composites, differences in Production characteristics between the two Locations dominate the overall effect. These results suggest that in cases such as automobile bodies where markets and manufacturing Location are tightly coupled, firms may need to put as much emphasis on understanding the impact of local Production differences on technology competitiveness as in understanding local markets.
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design for Location the impact of manufacturing offshore on technology competitiveness in the optoelectronics industry
Management Science, 2010Co-Authors: Erica R H Fuchs, Randolph KirchainAbstract:This paper presents a case study of the impact of manufacturing offshore on technology competitiveness in the optoelectronics industry. It examines a critical design/facility Location decision being faced by optoelectronic component manufacturers. This paper uses a combination of simulation modeling and empirical data to demonstrate the economic constraints facing these firms. The results show that Production Location changes the relative Production economics of the two competing designs---one emerging, one prevailing---that are currently perfect substitutes for each other on the telecom market, but not necessarily perfect substitutes in other markets in the long term. Specifically, if optoelectronic component firms shift Production from the United States to countries in developing East Asia, the emerging designs that were developed in the United States no longer pay. Production characteristics are different abroad, and the prevailing design can be more cost effective in developing country Production environments. The emerging designs, however, have performance characteristics that may be valuable in the long term to the larger computing market and to pushing forward Moore's law. This paper concludes by exploring the dilemma this creates for the optoelectronic component manufacturers and recommending a framework based on which the results may be generalized to other industries.
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plastic cars in china the significance of Production Location over markets for technology competitiveness
International Journal of Production Economics, 2010Co-Authors: Erica R H Fuchs, Frank Field, Richard Roth, Randolph KirchainAbstract:This paper demonstrates the significance of Location-specific differences in manufacturing characteristics and in consumer demand for technology competitiveness. It looks, in particular, at the economic viability of emerging polymer composite automobile body technologies if produced in the United States (U.S.) versus if produced in the People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.) The results show that polymer composite bodies, when produced locally for the local market, are competitive for significantly fewer cars in the P.R.C (7%) than in the U.S.(29%). Despite consumer demand characteristics in the P.R.C. being more favorable for composites, differences in Production characteristics between the two Locations dominate the overall effect. These results suggest that in cases such as automobile bodieswhere markets and manufacturing Location are tightly coupled, firms may need to put as much emphasis on understanding the impact of local Production differences on technology competitiveness as in understanding local markets.
Erica R H Fuchs - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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plastic cars in china the significance of Production Location over markets for technology competitiveness in the united states versus the people s republic of china
International Journal of Production Economics, 2011Co-Authors: Erica R H Fuchs, Frank Field, Richard Roth, Randolph KirchainAbstract:This paper demonstrates the significance of Location-specific differences in manufacturing characteristics and in consumer demand for technology competitiveness. It looks, in particular, at the economic viability of emerging polymer composite automobile body technologies if produced in the United States (U.S.) versus if produced in the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) The results show that polymer composite bodies, when produced locally for the local market, are competitive for significantly fewer cars in the P.R.C. (7%) than in the U.S. (29%). Despite consumer demand characteristics in the P.R.C. being more favorable for composites, differences in Production characteristics between the two Locations dominate the overall effect. These results suggest that in cases such as automobile bodies where markets and manufacturing Location are tightly coupled, firms may need to put as much emphasis on understanding the impact of local Production differences on technology competitiveness as in understanding local markets.
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design for Location the impact of manufacturing offshore on technology competitiveness in the optoelectronics industry
Management Science, 2010Co-Authors: Erica R H Fuchs, Randolph KirchainAbstract:This paper presents a case study of the impact of manufacturing offshore on technology competitiveness in the optoelectronics industry. It examines a critical design/facility Location decision being faced by optoelectronic component manufacturers. This paper uses a combination of simulation modeling and empirical data to demonstrate the economic constraints facing these firms. The results show that Production Location changes the relative Production economics of the two competing designs---one emerging, one prevailing---that are currently perfect substitutes for each other on the telecom market, but not necessarily perfect substitutes in other markets in the long term. Specifically, if optoelectronic component firms shift Production from the United States to countries in developing East Asia, the emerging designs that were developed in the United States no longer pay. Production characteristics are different abroad, and the prevailing design can be more cost effective in developing country Production environments. The emerging designs, however, have performance characteristics that may be valuable in the long term to the larger computing market and to pushing forward Moore's law. This paper concludes by exploring the dilemma this creates for the optoelectronic component manufacturers and recommending a framework based on which the results may be generalized to other industries.
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plastic cars in china the significance of Production Location over markets for technology competitiveness
International Journal of Production Economics, 2010Co-Authors: Erica R H Fuchs, Frank Field, Richard Roth, Randolph KirchainAbstract:This paper demonstrates the significance of Location-specific differences in manufacturing characteristics and in consumer demand for technology competitiveness. It looks, in particular, at the economic viability of emerging polymer composite automobile body technologies if produced in the United States (U.S.) versus if produced in the People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.) The results show that polymer composite bodies, when produced locally for the local market, are competitive for significantly fewer cars in the P.R.C (7%) than in the U.S.(29%). Despite consumer demand characteristics in the P.R.C. being more favorable for composites, differences in Production characteristics between the two Locations dominate the overall effect. These results suggest that in cases such as automobile bodieswhere markets and manufacturing Location are tightly coupled, firms may need to put as much emphasis on understanding the impact of local Production differences on technology competitiveness as in understanding local markets.
Deen Kemsley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effect of taxes on Production Location
Journal of Accounting Research, 1998Co-Authors: Deen KemsleyAbstract:U.S. export tax rules and differences between U.S. and foreign corporate tax rates often create an incentive for U.S. multinational corporations (MNCs) to use exports rather than foreign Production to serve their foreign markets. This paper examines the effect of this tax incentive on MNCs' Production Location choices. Specifically, I examine the relation between the ratio of export sales to foreign Production sales and measures of the export tax incentive for manufacturing MNCs during the period from 1984 to 1992. The evidence indicates that the use of exports is positively related to the tax incentive. My research extends studies of the determinants of international Production Location (e.g., Dunning [1993] and Hollander [1984]) by including tax incentives in the Location decision. In addition, because the export
Y. Mechouar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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carbon tax and sustainable facility Location the role of Production technology
International Journal of Production Economics, 2020Co-Authors: Carl Gaigné, Vincent Hovelaque, Y. MechouarAbstract:Recent studies on facility Location under the carbon pricing scheme highlight that increas-ing the carbon price can ensure meaningful reductions in transport-related greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Indeed, when we assume the bill of materials (BOM) as a Production technology (i.e. complementary of inputs), a higher carbon price does not change the supply planning because the input proportions are ?xed, but it does increase the total transport cost, which pushes the ?rm to make its Location choice more sustainable (lower level of emissions). However, when we account for possible substitution between input quantities, this may cease to hold. In this paper, we propose to revisit the Production-Location Problem (PLP) considering transport-related carbon emission mitigation due to carbon taxation and Production technologies that allow complementarity or substitution among input quantities. We ?rst show that cost-minimizing Location may differ from carbon emission minimizing Location, regardless of the Production technology type. We also ?nd that an increased car-bon tax may increase carbon emissions when we enable substitution across input quantities. Gradual changes in carbon tax affect the relative delivered prices of inputs (the per-unit procurement and transportation costs of an input compared to the costs of another) such that the ?rm has an incentive to relocate its facility and substitute among input quantities, leading to new shipping patterns that can generate a higher level of pollution under certain parameters.
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Carbon tax and sustainable facility Location: The role of Production technology
International Journal of Production Economics, 2019Co-Authors: Carl Gaigné, Vincent Hovelaque, Y. MechouarAbstract:Recent studies on facility Location highlight that increasing the carbon price can ensure meaningful reductions in transport-related greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). In this paper, we propose to revisit the Production-Location Problem considering transport-related carbon emission mitigation due to carbon taxation and Production technologies that allow complementarity or substitution among input quantities. We first show that cost-minimizing Location may differ from carbon emission minimizing Location, regardless of the Production technology type. We also find that gradual changes in carbon tax affect the relative delivered prices of inputs such that the firm has an incentive to relocate its facility and substitute among input quantities, leading to new shipping patterns that do not necessarily cause a lower pollution.
Kankana Mukherjee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Input Price Variation Across Locations and a Generalized Measure of Cost Efficiency
International Journal of Production Economics, 2008Co-Authors: Subhash C. Ray, Lei Chen, Kankana MukherjeeAbstract:We propose a non-parametric model for global cost minimization as a framework for optimal alLocation of a firm's output target across multiple Locations, taking account of differences in input prices and technologies across Locations. This should be useful for firms planning Production sites within a country and for foreign direct investment decisions by multi-national firms. Two illustrative examples are included. The first example considers the Production Location decision of a manufacturing firm across a number of adjacent states within the US. In the other example, we consider the optimal alLocation of US and Canadian automobile manufacturers across the two countries.
