The antecedents and innovation effects of domestic and offshore R&D outsourcing: The contingent impact of cognitive distance and absorptive capacity |
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| Authors: | Olivier Bertrand Michael J Mol |
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| Institution: | 1. SKEMA Business School, Sophia Antipolis, France, and Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University, , St. Petersburg, Russia;2. Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, , Coventry, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | This paper analyzes differences in the antecedents and performance consequences of domestic and offshore R&D outsourcing. Offshore outsourcing is characterized by larger cognitive distance. We find that absorptive capacity from internal R&D allows for more offshore outsourcing and that offshore outsourcing leads to more positive innovation outcomes, especially product innovation. |
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| Keywords: | outsourcing offshoring innovation cognitive distance absorptive capacity |
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