--- title: "Offshoring R&D" authors: - name: "Tuhkuri, Joonas" url: "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/tuhkuri-joonas/" sameAs: - "https://twitter.com/joonastuhkuri" - "https://joonastuhkuri.com/" - name: "Lööf, Hans" - name: "Mohammadi, Ali" - name: "Rouvinen, Petri" url: "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/rouvinen-petri/" sameAs: - "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-6971" - "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qYHEFroAAAAJ" - "https://twitter.com/Petri_Rouvinen" date_published: "2016-05-04" series: "ETLA Raportit - Reports" series_number: "52" issn: - "2323-2447" - "2323-2455" jel_codes: - "O3" - "O32" - "F0" - "F2" - "F16" - "L2" - "J44" language: "en" publisher: "ETLA Economic Research" pdf_url: "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Raportit-Reports-52.pdf" keywords: - "R&D" - "Offshoring" - "Outsourcing" - "Innovation" - "Product development" identifier: "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/ETLA-Raportit---Reports-52" abstract: "This paper explores offshoring of firms’ research and development functions. Our analysis employs a previously untapped and unique Eurostat International Sourcing Survey. The results are easy to summarize. First, the magnitude of R&D offshoring is small. Second, a large majority of R&D is offshored within the enterprise group, in contrast to offshoring outside of the enterprise group. Third, most of R&D offshoring from Europe is directed to high-income European countries, not so to low-cost countries in Europe, China, or India. Fourth, R&D jobs do have been lost from offshoring; however, the negative employment impact has been moderate. But the Eurostat International Sourcing Survey does not allow entangling the full net employment effect of R&D offshoring, which could be either negative or positive." --- # Offshoring R&D **Published:** 2016-05-04 **Categories:** Publications, Reports **URL:** https://www.etla.fi/en/publications/offshoring-rd/ #### Abstract This paper explores offshoring of firms’ research and development functions. Our analysis employs a previously untapped and unique Eurostat International Sourcing Survey. The results are easy to summarize. First, the magnitude of R&D offshoring is small. Second, a large majority of R&D is offshored within the enterprise group, in contrast to offshoring outside of the enterprise group. Third, most of R&D offshoring from Europe is directed to high-income European countries, not so to low-cost countries in Europe, China, or India. Fourth, R&D jobs do have been lost from offshoring; however, the negative employment impact has been moderate. But the Eurostat International Sourcing Survey does not allow entangling the full net employment effect of R&D offshoring, which could be either negative or positive. --- ## Additional Information **Kirjoittajat:** Tuhkuri, Joonas - Lööf, Hans - Mohammadi, Ali - Rouvinen, Petri **Kansikuva:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Raportit-Reports-52-kansi.jpg **Lataa Pdf:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Raportit-Reports-52.pdf **Key Words:** R&D, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Innovation, Product development **Jel:** O3, O32, F0, F2, F16, L2, J44 **Paivays:** 04.05.2016 **Sivuja:** 13 **Kieli:** en **Sarja:** ETLA Raportit - Reports **Sarja Nro:** 52 **Issn:** 2323-2447, 2323-2455 (Pdf) **Saatavuus:** 2 ## Bibliographic metadata (JSON-LD) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", "@id": "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/ETLA-Raportit---Reports-52", "headline": "Offshoring R&D", "inLanguage": "en", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ETLA Economic Research", "url": "https://www.etla.fi", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/logo-etla_logo.svg" } }, "datePublished": "2016-05-04T00:00:00+00:00", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tuhkuri, Joonas", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/tuhkuri-joonas/", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/joonastuhkuri", "https://joonastuhkuri.com/" ] }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lööf, Hans" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mohammadi, Ali" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rouvinen, Petri", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/rouvinen-petri/", "sameAs": [ "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-6971", "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qYHEFroAAAAJ", "https://twitter.com/Petri_Rouvinen" ] } ], "abstract": "This paper explores offshoring of firms’ research and development functions. 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