Does R and D offshoring displace or strengthen knowledge production at home? Evidence from OECD countries

Global Outsourcing and Offshoring: An Integrated Approach to Theory and Corporate Strategy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 191-209

  Piscitello, Lucia ^a   Santangelo, Grazia D ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84885631464     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511761607.008     Document Type: Chapter

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