The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation

Firms are increasingly outsourcing their high-tech services. Theory suggests that R&D outsourcing allows firms to specialize in core knowledge-intensive tasks, thereby increasing innovation, but R&D outsourcing may also undermine internal capabilities. Our goal is to empirically assess the r...

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Autores: García Vega, María, Huergo Orejas, Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12335
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R&D outsourcing
Transaction cost economics
Innovation
International versus domestic outsourcing
Exporters
Desarrollo económico
Empresas
Economía industrial
5307.03 Modelos y Teorías del desarrollo Económico
5307.04 Estudios del desarrollo Económico
5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas
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spelling The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovationGarcía Vega, MaríaHuergo Orejas, ElenaL25O32R&D outsourcingTransaction cost economicsInnovationInternational versus domestic outsourcingExportersDesarrollo económicoEmpresasEconomía industrial5307.03 Modelos y Teorías del desarrollo Económico5307.04 Estudios del desarrollo Económico5311 Organización y Dirección de EmpresasFirms are increasingly outsourcing their high-tech services. Theory suggests that R&D outsourcing allows firms to specialize in core knowledge-intensive tasks, thereby increasing innovation, but R&D outsourcing may also undermine internal capabilities. Our goal is to empirically assess the relative importance of these two possibilities, distinguishing between national and international R&D outsourcing and firms’ exporting status. We examine R&D purchases of more than 10,000 Spanish firms for the period 2004-2014. We show that R&D outsourcing improves firm innovation. Product innovation rises mostly with domestic outsourcing, while process innovation increases with both domestic and international R&D outsourcing. In addition, we find that international outsourcing provides an extra premium, mostly for exporters. Our results contribute to a better understanding of how firms organize the production of knowledge and innovation.ElsevierUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20192019-01-0120192019-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12335reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/123352026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation
title The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation
spellingShingle The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation
García Vega, María
L25
O32
R&D outsourcing
Transaction cost economics
Innovation
International versus domestic outsourcing
Exporters
Desarrollo económico
Empresas
Economía industrial
5307.03 Modelos y Teorías del desarrollo Económico
5307.04 Estudios del desarrollo Económico
5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas
title_short The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation
title_full The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation
title_fullStr The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation
title_full_unstemmed The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation
title_sort The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Vega, María
Huergo Orejas, Elena
author García Vega, María
author_facet García Vega, María
Huergo Orejas, Elena
author_role author
author2 Huergo Orejas, Elena
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv L25
O32
R&D outsourcing
Transaction cost economics
Innovation
International versus domestic outsourcing
Exporters
Desarrollo económico
Empresas
Economía industrial
5307.03 Modelos y Teorías del desarrollo Económico
5307.04 Estudios del desarrollo Económico
5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas
topic L25
O32
R&D outsourcing
Transaction cost economics
Innovation
International versus domestic outsourcing
Exporters
Desarrollo económico
Empresas
Economía industrial
5307.03 Modelos y Teorías del desarrollo Económico
5307.04 Estudios del desarrollo Económico
5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas
description Firms are increasingly outsourcing their high-tech services. Theory suggests that R&D outsourcing allows firms to specialize in core knowledge-intensive tasks, thereby increasing innovation, but R&D outsourcing may also undermine internal capabilities. Our goal is to empirically assess the relative importance of these two possibilities, distinguishing between national and international R&D outsourcing and firms’ exporting status. We examine R&D purchases of more than 10,000 Spanish firms for the period 2004-2014. We show that R&D outsourcing improves firm innovation. Product innovation rises mostly with domestic outsourcing, while process innovation increases with both domestic and international R&D outsourcing. In addition, we find that international outsourcing provides an extra premium, mostly for exporters. Our results contribute to a better understanding of how firms organize the production of knowledge and innovation.
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