The hidden costs of outsourcing: Evidence from patent data

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1183-1201

  Reitzig, Markus ^a   Wagner, Stefan ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

knowledge based view; outsourcing; patents

Indexed keywords

FIRM BOUNDARIES; KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEWS; OUTSOURCE; PATENT FILING; PATENT LITIGATION; PATENTS; VALUE CHAINS; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OUTSOURCING;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 78249289943     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.852     Document Type: Article

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