National scientific capacity and R&D offshoring

Russell Thomson ()

Research Policy, 2013, vol. 42, issue 2, 517-528

Abstract: This paper presents new evidence regarding the role of national scientific capacity in driving patterns of R&D offshoring using a larger and more comprehensive dataset than has hitherto been used and applying it in a gravity model framework. Our results unambiguously support the importance of inventor country scientific capacity in attracting offshored R&D. As expected, the home country's scientific capacity is also found to play a positive role. We find that in fact, on average, firms source technology from less technologically advanced nations, suggesting that firms offshore to access niche skills.

Keywords: R&D offshoring; Foreign direct investment in R&D (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 O19 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.07.003

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