Drivers of the offshore outsourcing of R&D: empirical evidence from France manufacturers
Jabbour, Liza ; Pluvia Zuniga, Maria
University of Nottingham. The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy
University of Nottingham - Nottingham
2009
36 p.
manufacturing industry ; research and development ; statistics ; outsourcing ; technological change
Research Paper
4
Production management
English
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"This paper investigates the drivers of offshore outsourcing of R&D activities by French manufacturing firms. It shows that French firms engaged in the offshore outsourcing of R&D are outward oriented essentially through exports. Further, technological sourcing seems to be leading this phenomenon more than cost-opportunities motivations."
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