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| Author: | Grimpe, C. Kaiser, U. |
| Title: | Balancing internal and external knowledge acquisition: the gains and pains from R&D outsourcing |
| Journal: | Journal of Management Studies
2010 : DEC, VOL. 47:8 p. 1483-1509 |
| Index terms: | research companies outsourcing Germany |
| Freeterms: | contracting out industrial management |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In this article it is argued that "gains" from R&D outsourcing need to be compared with the "pains" that origin from a reduction of company-specific resources, the decline of integrative capabilities and the high need for management attention. Based on a panel dataset of innovating companies in Germany, evidence was found for an inverse U-shaped relationship between R&D outsourcing and innovation performance. The extent to which companies engage in internal R&D and by the breadth of formal R&D collaborations have the impact of increase on the effectiveness of R&D outsourcing. |
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