R&d offshoring in multinational enterprises: Relevance of transaction cost and internalization theories

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 376-395

  Rao, P M ^a   Chandra, Ramdas ^b   Shin, Jongtae ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internalization; International competitiveness; Multinational companies; Offshore investments; Offshoring; R D internationalization; Research and development; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928637453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10595421211266276     Document Type: Article

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