Leveraging offshoring: The identification of new business opportunities in international settings

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-413

  Angeli, Federica ^a,b   Grimaldi, Rosa ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experiential international knowledge; International entrepreneurship; New opportunity identification; Offshoring of high value activities; SMEs' internationalization

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBALIZATION; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

BANGALORE; INDIA; ITALY; KARNATAKA;

EID: 77955886682     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2010.496245     Document Type: Article

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