Cusmano, Lucia; Mancusi, Maria Luisa; Morrison, Andrea - KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and … - 2007
probability of introducing product and process innovation. Based on a large firm-level survey, we show that outsourcing processes … have a positive impact on firms’ innovation. In particular, the outsourcing of service activities contributes the most to … innovation, thus suggesting that firms successfully pursue core strengthening strategies. Our econometric estimates show that …