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dc.contributor.authorKaiser, Ulrichen
dc.contributor.authorGrimpe, Christophen
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-16T14:58:39Z-
dc.date.available2009-02-16T14:58:39Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/24672-
dc.description.abstractDetermining the research and development (R&D) boundaries of the firm as the choice between internal, collaborative and external technology acquisition has since long been a major challenge for firms to secure a continuous stream of innovative products or processes. While research on R&D cooperation or strategic alliances is abundant, little is known about the outsourcing of R&D activities to contract research organizations and its implications for innovation performance. This paper investigates the driving forces of external technology sourcing through contract research based on arguments from transaction cost theory and the resource-based view of the firm. Using a large and comprehensive data set of innovating firms from Germany our findings suggest that technological uncertainty, contractual experience and openness to external knowledge sources motivate the choice for engaging in contract research activities. Moreover, we show that internal and external R&D sourcing are complements: the marginal contribution of internal (external) R&D is the larger the more firms spend on external (internal) R&D.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x08-002en
dc.subject.jelO32en
dc.subject.jelC24en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordContract researchen
dc.subject.keywordinnovationen
dc.subject.keywordtransaction cost theoryen
dc.subject.keywordfirm capabilitiesen
dc.subject.stwInnovationen
dc.subject.stwIndustrielle Forschungen
dc.subject.stwOutsourcingen
dc.subject.stwForschungskooperationen
dc.subject.stwTransaktionskostenen
dc.subject.stwRessourcenorientierter Ansatzen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.subject.stwAuftragsforschungen
dc.titleGains and Pains from Contract Research: A Transaction and Firm-level Perspective-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn556667379en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:7013en

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