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dc.contributor.authorPeukert, Christianen
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-26-
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-31T14:14:10Z-
dc.date.available2012-01-31T14:14:10Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/54974-
dc.description.abstractFlexibility in response to competitive pressure from globalized markets and increasingly individualized customer desires has become vital for firms. A common strategy to address this challenge is to employ a dynamic concept of organization and reach beyond the boundaries of the firm. Accordingly, technology transfer from providers of knowledge intensive business services attracts more and more attention. In this context we focus on external supply of information technology and client-side innovation. The aim of this paper is to contribute to resolving an empirical puzzle arising from the prior literature. Some authors find beneficial effects of IT outsourcing, others underline that firms often fail to achieve expected strategic goals. Our stylized theoretical model combines a knowledge production function framework and transaction cost economics. We hypothesize that the right balance between internal and external knowledge is critical for innovation. The empirical application is German firm-level data covering a wide range of industries from 2003 to 2006. Our results largely support the theoretical arguments and suggest a positive linear relationship between the level of outsourcing and process innovation. For product innovation we find a hump-shape.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x11-082en
dc.subject.jelL24en
dc.subject.jelD23en
dc.subject.jelO31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordknowledge production functionen
dc.subject.keywordtransaction cost economicsen
dc.subject.keywordproduct innovationen
dc.subject.keywordprocess innovationen
dc.subject.keywordKIBSen
dc.subject.keywordIT outsourcingen
dc.subject.keywordZEW ICT surveyen
dc.subject.stwInnovationen
dc.subject.stwInformationstechniken
dc.subject.stwOutsourcingen
dc.subject.stwTechnologietransferen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmensdienstleistungen
dc.subject.stwWissenen
dc.subject.stwProduktionsfunktionen
dc.subject.stwTransaktionskostenen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleExternal technology supply and client-side innovation-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn684262924en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:11082en

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