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Drivers of the Offshore Outsourcing of R&D: Empirical Evidence from French Manufacturers

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Liza Jabbour
Maria Pluvia Zuniga
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The pace of technological change and the challenges faced by companies to remain competitive in global markets have contributed to a global expansion of R&D transactions. This paper shows that French companies engaged in the offshore outsourcing of R&D are outward oriented essentially through exports. Further, single unit companies seem more active in this type of R&D transaction than companies belonging to a group. These findings suggest a stronger integration of small and medium size exporting companies into international networks of innovation. Technological sourcing seems to be leading this phenomenon more than cost-opportunities motivations.

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Keywords: R&D Outsourcing; Offshore of Research and Development Activities; Globalization.;

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