Abstract
Being R&D intensive has traditionally been seen as an impediment to outsourcing. This study confirms that empirically this was the case for a set of manufacturing industries in The Netherlands in the early 1990s, but also shows that R&D intensity became a positive predictor for changes in outsourcing levels over the 1990s, suggesting firms in R&D intensive industries have increasingly started to rely on partnership relations with outside suppliers. This confirms the need to move the analysis from scale, opportunism and appropriation concerns to a relational perspective when studying outsourcing in R&D intensive industries.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Research Policy |
Vol/bind | 14 |
Udgave nummer | 5 |
Sider (fra-til) | 571-582 |
ISSN | 0048-7333 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - maj 2005 |
Udgivet eksternt | Ja |