Does being R&D intensive still discourage outsourcing?: Evidence from Dutch manufacturing

Being R&D intensive has traditionally been seen as an impediment to outsourcing. This study confirms that empirically this was the case for a set of manufacturing industries in The Netherlands in the early 1990s, but also shows that R&D intensity became a positive predictor for changes in ou...

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Published in:Research policy 2005-05, Vol.34 (4), p.571-582
Main Author: Mol, Michael J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business studies
Correlation analysis
Empirical research
Industrial production
Manufacturing
Manufacturing industry
Netherlands
Outsourcing
R&D
Research & development
Research and development
Studies
Subcontracting
Supply management
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Summary:Being R&D intensive has traditionally been seen as an impediment to outsourcing. This study confirms that empirically this was the case for a set of manufacturing industries in The Netherlands in the early 1990s, but also shows that R&D intensity became a positive predictor for changes in outsourcing levels over the 1990s, suggesting firms in R&D intensive industries have increasingly started to rely on partnership relations with outside suppliers. This confirms the need to move the analysis from scale, opportunism and appropriation concerns to a relational perspective when studying outsourcing in R&D intensive industries. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0048-7333
1873-7625
DOI:10.1016/j.respol.2005.03.007