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Outsourcing, firm size, and product complexity: evidence from credit unions

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  • Yukako Ono
  • Victor Stango

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Outsourcing business services is a key concern in the modern economy. Focusing on data processing services for credit unions from 1994 to 2003, the authors find that both credit union size and the diversity of their product offerings influence the propensity to outsource. The results suggest that simple scale-economy-based explanations for outsourcing may be inadequate.

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Volume (Year): (2005)
Issue (Month): Q I ()
Pages: 2-11

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Handle: RePEc:fip:fedhep:y:2005:i:qi:p:2-11:n:v.29no.1
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Keywords: Contracting out ; Credit unions;

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Cited by:

  1. Dow Jr., James P., 2007. "The adoption of web banking at credit unions," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 47(3), pages 435-448, July.
  2. Rose, Gus & Kingwell, Ross S., 2009. "Seasonal labour is the most profitable use of labour in broadacre crop dominant farms," 2009 Conference (53rd), February 11-13, 2009, Cairns, Australia 47947, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

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