Research and Technology Outsourcing and Innovation Systems: an Exploratory Analysis
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Industry and Innovation
- Vol. 6 (1) , 111-129
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13662719900000007
Abstract
The paper discusses the process of externalization and contracting out of research and technology, in particular the outsourcing of R&D and technical activity formerly undertaken by manufacturing and service companies and now contracted out to other firms and specialist organizations. The growth in the external sourcing of R&D, design and other technical activities by firms has contributed to the evolution of new research and technical markets which have important implications for current conceptualizations of “systems of innovation”.Keywords
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