This paper examines the outsourcing of research and development and of innovation activities in small and medium …, is the outsourcing of these activities a viable solution for them? This paper examines the basic characteristics of … outsourcing R&D and innovation activities in SMEs, based on a survey among Slovenian companies in the manufacturing and service …

Unternehmen zunehmend Wertschöpfungsleistungen an externen Zulieferer abgegeben. Unter Schlagworten wie 'Outsourcing … (Telekommunikation), der Computerindustrie oder im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, ist dieser Trend zum Outsourcing' zu beobachten. Das … an externe Zulieferer geht nicht mit dem Abbau der technologischen Kompetenzbasis einher. -- Outsourcing …

We provide a comprehensive empirical analysis of the links between international services outsourcing, domestic … outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … innovative activity at the plant level. Such a positive effect can also be observed for domestic outsourcing of services, but the …