Outsourcing en el desarrollo de nuevos productos, más allá de la participación del proveedor

This paper reveals the results from using a case study of four Swedish medium sized firms to understand the rationales behind outsourcing of innovation. Further the problem of integrating knowledge developed externally, back to the outsourcing firm, is studied. Results indicate that for a SME with l...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Rundquist, Jonas
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Colombia
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Occidente
Repositorio:RED: Repositorio Educativo Digital UAO
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:red.uao.edu.co:10614/194
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10614/194
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Subcontratación
Desarrollo de nuevos productos
Subcontracting
New product development
Descrição
Resumo:This paper reveals the results from using a case study of four Swedish medium sized firms to understand the rationales behind outsourcing of innovation. Further the problem of integrating knowledge developed externally, back to the outsourcing firm, is studied. Results indicate that for a SME with limited resources it is better to give priority to closeness before world class knowledge as frequent contacts are crucial when outsourcing knowledge intense activities.