The effects of production offshoring on R&D and innovation in the home country

• Autores: Bernhard Dachs, Bernd Ebersberger, Steffen Kinkel, Oliver Som
• Localización: Economia e Politica Industriale, ISSN 0391-2078, ISSN-e 1972-4977, Vol. 42, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 9-32
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • We investigate the effects of production offshoring on the innovation activities of manufacturing firms in the home country. The analysis is based on a dataset of more than 3,000 manufacturing firms from seven European countries. We find that offshoring firms on average employ a higher share of R&D and design personnel, introduce new products more frequently to the market, and invest more frequently in advanced process technologies compared to non-offshoring firms. Concerns that offshoring may hurt innovation because of the lost links between production and product development are not supported by the evidence.