...Christian Hirt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight challenges to the transfer of technologies which are caused by the internationalization of companies and the need to outsource production in a globalized business environment. Aside from typical methods of transfer by means...

...Yanying Chen Yanying Chen and , Yijun Yuan Department of Economics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Innovation Outsourcing Research and development Article Type: Awards for Excellence From: Journal...

... research and outsourcing consultancy focusing primarily on small and medium sized enterprises in Italy, to one that combines western and Chinese knowledge and experience with technical expertise and competency to serve a growing base of western businesses and Chinese expatriates. Originality/value...

...Yanying Chen; Yijun Yuan Purpose A firm will seek an optimal balance between internal R&D and technology outsourcing when formulating its innovation strategy. This paper aims to provide a review of the determinants of firm's innovation strategy, and performs an empirical study on a sample from...