Drawing on an original survey, we discuss the trends and challenges posed by the outsourcing and offshoring of business … outsourcing decisions, globalisation of high value adding activities, such as product development and innovation, raising issues … compete for, activities and skills across a range of sectors. -- Outsourcing ; offshoring ; knowledge intensive business …

literature. Some authors find beneficial effects of IT outsourcing, others underline that firms often fail to achieve expected … support the theoretical arguments and suggest a positive linear relationship between the level of outsourcing and process … Innovation ; Process Innovation ; KIBS ; IT Outsourcing ; ZEW ICT survey …