Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202154 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IPTS Working Papers on Corporate R&D and Innovation No. 02/2015
Publisher: 
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Seville
Abstract: 
We analyse determinants of an enterprise’s decision to offshore R&D activities using a novel data set for enterprises in Ireland over the period 2001-2006. Our results suggest that, on average, other things equal, enterprises integrated in international production and innovation networks, and enterprises which used information and communication technologies (ICT) more intensively were more likely to offshore R&D. Furthermore, characteristics of the import source region had an important influence on enterprise offshoring behaviour, with offshoring to regions outside of the advanced European Union’s economies being less likely.
Subjects: 
Global production and innovation networks
International sourcing of R&D.
JEL: 
F14
F23
D22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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