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Global Sourcing and Innovation: The Consequences of Losing both Organizational and Geographical Proximity
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In this article, the authors investigated the implications of global sourcing for the innovative capacity of the outsourcing company and argued that the loss of organizational proximity that is inherent in outsourcing is compounded by the increase in geographical distance.Abstract:
The main message of the proponents of strategic outsourcing is that it pays off to concentrate on the activities that you are good at. The result of specialization along the value chain will be a product that will be more competitive in terms of price, quality, and innovation. Globalization has many dimensions, but here we mainly want to consider the movement of manufacturing activities to low wage locations. In this paper we will investigate the implications of global sourcing for the innovative capacity of the outsourcing company. We will argue that these implications will be more pronounced in the case of global sourcing, because in that case the loss of organizational proximity that is inherent in outsourcing is compounded by the increase in geographical distance. The findings presented in this paper are the results from an ongoing research project on the relationships between research, development, and manufacturing against the background of increased global outsourcing of manufacturing. The...read more
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