 International R&D service outsourcing by technology-intensive firms: Whether and where?Andrea Martinez-Noya, Esteban Garcia-Canal and Mauro F. Guillen Journal of International Management, 2012, vol. 18, issue 1, 18-37 Abstract: We combine the streams of literature on outsourcing and offshoring to investigate (1) whether choosing an R&D offshore outsourcing strategy by technological firms is advisable, and (2) where these firms are more likely to allocate these R&D services outsourcing agreements offshore, namely, in developed or developing economies. Using original survey data from European and U.S. firms in technology-intensive industries, we place especial emphasis on the fact that certain firm-specific capabilities, such as technological and international expertise, are required in order to outsource R&D overseas, especially when offshoring to developing economies, as transaction costs are still the main deterrent to outsource offshore to these regions. In addition, our results also show that in the specific case of R&D services outsourcing, knowledge-seeking objectives lead to outsource to developed economies. Keywords: R&D offshore outsourcing; Governance capabilities; R&D services; Technological firms; Developing economy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:intman:v:18:y:2012:i:1:p:18-37 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2011.06.004 Access Statistics for this article Journal of International Management is currently edited by M. Kotabe More articles in Journal of International Management from Elsevier |
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