Offshoring of RD: Looking abroad to improve innovation performance

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-361

  Nieto, María Jesús ^a   Rodríguez, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

captive offshoring; innovation and R D; longitudinal; offshore outsourcing; offshoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953226272     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2010.59     Document Type: Article

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