The paper builds a framework for the analysis of research and development (R&D) offshoring and outsourcing that …

This paper explores offshoring of firms’ research and development functions. Our analysis employs a previously untapped …&D offshoring is small. Second, a large majority of R&D is offshored within the enterprise group, in contrast to offshoring outside … of the enterprise group. Third, most of R&D offshoring from Europe is directed to high-income European countries, not so …

The paper builds a framework for the analysis of research and development (R&D) offshoring and outsourcing that … development, and on the innovation capability of countries. -- research and development ; R&D ; offshoring ; outsourcing …

We study ex post outsourcing of production in an imperfectly discriminating contest, interpreted here as a research … tournament or a procurement contest for being awarded some production contract. We find that the possibility of outsourcing …, outsourcing reduces the procurement costs of inducing a given level of effort if the contest organizer can collect entry fees …