Internal capabilities, network resources and appropriation mechanisms as determinants of R&D outsourcing

Andre Spithoven and Peter Teirlinck

Research Policy, 2015, vol. 44, issue 3, 711-725

Abstract: This paper contributes to an empirical validation of R&D outsourcing by integrating the influence of internal capabilities, network resources and appropriation mechanisms. Internal capabilities refer to internal R&D and human capital. Network resources account for decisions to outsource R&D which co-depend on informal incoming knowledge spillovers. Appropriation accounts for formal and informal knowledge protection mechanisms. This empirical study discusses the determinants of R&D outsourcing with respect to various theories of the firm that complement each other.

Keywords: R&D outsourcing; Internal capabilities; Knowledge spillovers; Cooperation; Appropriation mechanisms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.10.013

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