This paper examines the impact of industrial involvement in doctoral projects on the particular nature of the training and careers of doctorates. We draw on an original survey of job histories of doctorates in physical sciences and engineering from a research-based university in the UK. Using...

Based on data collected through a complex survey of science and engineering PhD graduates from a UK research-based university, this paper examines the different types of careers and to what extent different types of competences acquired from doctoral education are regarded as valuable in the...

How do service suppliers that arise from outsourcing of business functions develop their organizational capabilities? Drawing on the cases of EDS and IBM in the IT outsourcing sector, the article highlights the process by which knowledge is transferred across the client--supplier interface....

This paper draws on exploratory data to investigate the conditions that shape the nature of forward linkages between multinational services firms and their client firms in (middle income) less developed countries. Drawing on detailed case studies of three IT services multinationals and 10 IT...

M assini S. and M iozzo M. Outsourcing and offshoring of business services: challenges to theory, management and geography of innovation, Regional Studies . Drawing on an original survey, this paper discusses the trends and challenges posed by the outsourcing and offshoring of business services....

This Handbook brings together 49 international specialists to address an issue of increasing importance for the world’s post-industrial economies; innovation as it relates to services.

The direction of UK energy policy requires a renewed impetus if the goal of climate change stabilization is to be met. Cost is not the main issue: a transformation to a low-carbon energy system may be no more expensive than meeting future energy demands with fossil fuels. Institutional barriers...

Drawing on case studies of two leading UK service firms in five host countries (Argentina, Brazil, China, Korea and Malaysia), we examine how the strategy and organization of service multinationals shape the development of linkages with local firms in host economies. We find that there is...