Over the past two decades multinational firms from high-technology industries have increasingly relied on outsourcing of production to external suppliers. We present a theoretical framework that stems from the resource-based view of the firm (RBV) and develop hypotheses claiming that outsourcing...

The present discussion paper investigates the market dynamics in the early phase of an industry´s life cycle. The industry life cycle model is so widely accepted and its basic premises so taken for granted that it has become conventional wisdom in business. However, a number of facets of the...

Over the past two decades multinational firms from high-technology industries have increasingly relied on outsourcing of production to external suppliers. We present a theoretical framework that stems from the resource-based view of the firm (RBV) and develop hypotheses claiming that outsourcing...

The following paper explores the dynamics of the innovation process for new materials andanalyzes the interplay between military and civil applications in fostering research andtechnological advance in this particular field. Advanced materials R&D has been a focus areafor governments in North...