, little is known about the impact of institutional quality on offshoring. This is surprising, given that offshoring has become … between institutional quality and offshoring. The results suggest that weak institutions are negatively related to offshoring … in general and to offshoring of R&D-intensive goods in particular. Furthermore, firms that are able to establish long …

larger parental pool of knowledge raises the probability of offshoring. This holds in a national as well as an international …