Meeting the challenge of offshoring R&D: An examination of firm- and location-specific factors

R and D Management

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-119

  Ambos, Björn ^a   Ambos, Tina C ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

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EID: 78650349102     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2010.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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