Who explores further? Evidence on R&D outsourcing from the survey of research and development

被引：5

作者：

Yamaguchi, Shotaro ^{[1
]}

Nitta, Ryuji ^{[2
]}

Hara, Yasushi ^{[3
]}

Shimizu, Hiroshi ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Maryland, Robert H Smith Sch Business, 7621 Mowatt Ln, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

[2] Hitotsubashi Univ, Grad Sch Business & Adm, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 1868603, Japan

[3] Hitotsubashi Univ, Grad Sch Econ, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 1868603, Japan

[4] Waseda Univ, Fac Commerce, Shinjuku Ku, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Tokyo 1698050, Japan

来源：

R & D MANAGEMENT | 2021年 / 51卷 / 01期

基金：

日本学术振兴会;

关键词：

SCHUMPETERIAN PATTERNS; ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; MODEL; COMPLEMENTARITY; DETERMINANTS; CAPABILITIES; GOVERNANCE;

D O I：

10.1111/radm.12437

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Building off the resource-based view and the knowledge-based view, our study aims to examine determinants of firms' R&D outsourcing, using annually-conducted firm-level survey data of Japanese R&D companies from 1984-2012. This survey allows us to measure strategic R&D outsourcing, isolated from those more for cost-reducing, such as prototyping, testing and inspecting. The results corroborate the argument of complementarity in scale between internal R&D and R&D outsourcing. We also find that firms employing more doctorate holders and diversifying in knowledge spaces tend to make more use of R&D outsourcing. This study sheds light on firms' absorptive capacity, associated both with higher-order R&D human capital and diversified knowledge spaces, as determinants of R&D outsourcing.

引用

页码：114 / 126

页数：13