development, and on the innovation capability of countries. -- research and development ; R&D ; offshoring ; outsourcing …The paper builds a framework for the analysis of research and development (R&D) offshoring and outsourcing that … literature on international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI), economic geography, and innovation, and compares these with …

intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I … chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … similar frameworks. In the first framework the profitability of offshoring is based on increasing returns to scale on the task …

Outsourcing arrangements continue to evolve from peripheral activities, such as food services and back office … of different outsourcing arrangements on the search, selection, transformation, and coordination processes involved in …

The paper builds a framework for the analysis of research and development (R&D) offshoring and outsourcing that … literature on international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI), economic geography, and innovation, and compares these with … development, and on the innovation capability of countries. …

practice of management. The task of matching organization structure and management practices to the needs of R&D offshoring is … analyzed through a set of dichotomous pairs of concepts: a) Drastic vs. Gradual and Systemic vs. Autonomous Innovation, 2) High … vs. Low Skill Specificity, 3) Input Markets vs. Output Markets, 4) Intra-Firm vs. Arms Length Offshoring. In the trade …

Drawing on an original survey, we discuss the trends and challenges posed by the outsourcing and offshoring of business … outsourcing decisions, globalisation of high value adding activities, such as product development and innovation, raising issues … compete for, activities and skills across a range of sectors. -- Outsourcing ; offshoring ; knowledge intensive business …