کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1000632 937025 2011 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Technological capabilities and the decision to outsource/outsource offshore R&D services
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی مدیریت، کسب و کار و حسابداری کسب و کار و مدیریت بین المللی
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Technological capabilities and the decision to outsource/outsource offshore R&D services
چکیده انگلیسی

We analyze firm and environmental factors influencing the decision to outsource and outsource offshore R&D services. To do so, we have adopted a co-evolutionary approach adapted to firm internationalization, according to which these decisions are conditioned by the institutional environment (the IPR system), managerial intentionality (firms’ international strategy) and organizational path dependence and learning (firms’ technological and governance capabilities). Specifically, we argue that: (1) firms with more technological capabilities will tend to both outsource and outsource offshore R&D services, (2) the positive effect of technological capabilities would be leveraged when the institutional context of the firms’ country of origin has allowed them to transform their technological expertise into governance capabilities, and (3) that those firms with a higher local responsiveness attitude will be more likely to outsource offshore R&D services. We have found support for our hypotheses using survey data from a sample of 182 technology intensive firms from the European Union and the US.


► We study firm and environmental factors driving R&D outsourcing/offshore outsourcing.
► Firms technological capabilities increase R&D outsourcing and offshore outsourcing.
► Having a higher local responsiveness attitude increases R&D offshore outsourcing.
► The IPR system leverage the positive effect of technological capabilities.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Business Review - Volume 20, Issue 3, June 2011, Pages 264–277
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