Modes of inbound knowledge flows: are cooperation and outsourcing really complementary?
This study examines the relationship between breadths of two different modes of external knowledge: R&D outsourcing and cooperation. Building upon transaction costs literature and literature on research partner breadth and R&D outsourcing we hypothesize an U-inverted relationship between out...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/18925 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18925 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | O30 O32 L24 Open innovation Cooperation breadth R&D outsourcing breadth Innovative performance OI combination. Cooperación económica Desarrollo económico Empresas 5307.03 Modelos y Teorías del desarrollo Económico 5307.04 Estudios del desarrollo Económico 5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas |
| Sumario: | This study examines the relationship between breadths of two different modes of external knowledge: R&D outsourcing and cooperation. Building upon transaction costs literature and literature on research partner breadth and R&D outsourcing we hypothesize an U-inverted relationship between outsourcing breadth and innovation performance and a complementary relationship between R&D outsourcing and R&D cooperation. The model is tested on a large sample based on CIS survey for Spain. The empirical analysis confirms the U-inverted relationship between outsourcing breadth and innovation but also reveals an interesting result: the complementary effect of R&D cooperation varies with the level of R&D outsourcing breadth and it is not confirmed for low and medium levels of R&D outsourcing breadth. The results have important implications for theory on the selection of different modes of inbound open innovation and for managers and their cooperation and outsourcing strategies. |
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