?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F15707%2F&rft.title=Mergers+along+the+Global+Supply+Chain%3A+Information+Technologies+and+Routineness&rft.creator=Basco%2C+Sergi&rft.creator=Mestieri%2C+Marti&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=This+paper+empirically+analyzes+how+the+adoption+of+Information+Technologies+(IT)+has+changed+the+organization+of+global+supply+chains.+We+focus+on+international+mergers%2C+which+are+a+growing+and+important+component+of+foreign+direct+investment.+We+use+data+on+North-South+vertical+mergers+and+acquisitions+for+all+manufacturing+industries.+We+show+that+the+effect+of+IT+adoption+on+the+number+of+vertical+mergers+and+acquisitions+is+decreasing+with+the+%E2%80%9Croutineness%E2%80%9D+of+the+industry.+Our+interpretation+is+that+the+IT+revolution+has+enabled+new+monitoring+mechanisms.+This+has+allowed+Northern+headquarters+to+better+monitor+suppliers%2C+specially+those+in+less+routine-intensive+industries+%E2%80%93which+were+harder+to+monitor+prior+to+the+IT+revolution.&rft.publisher=TSE+Working+Paper&rft.date=2013-07&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F15707%2F1%2Fwp_tse_428_v2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Basco%2C+Sergi+and+Mestieri%2C+Marti+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F241586836%3E++(2013)+Mergers+along+the+Global+Supply+Chain%3A+Information+Technologies+and+Routineness.++TSE+Working+Paper%2C+n.+13-428%2C+Toulouse+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Ftse-fr.eu%2Fpub%2F27548&rft.language=en