Offshoring R&D

Tuhkuri JoonasLööf HansMohammadi AliRouvinen Petri

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.

Information om publikationen

Serie
ETLA Raportit - Reports 52
Datum
04.05.2016
Nyckelord
R&D, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Innovation, Product development
ISSN
2323-2447, 2323-2455 (Pdf)
JEL
O3, O32, F0, F2, F16, L2, J44
Sidor
13
Språk
Engelska