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Management International Review
Erschienen in: Management International Review 6/2010

01.12.2010 | Research Article

Captive Offshoring of New Product Development in Brazil

How Does Arbitrage Influence Local, Collaborative Relationships?

verfasst von: Prof. Dirk M. Boehe

Erschienen in: Management International Review | Ausgabe 6/2010

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Abstract

  • This paper focuses on captive offshoring of new product development (NPD), i.e., relocating projects or project phases to foreign-based, wholly-owned, multinational corporation (MNC) subsidiaries (captive offshore units) to benefit from cost and efficiency advantages and/or from access to complementary technological resources and capabilities.
  • Adopting a host country perspective, we theorize why different forms of local collaboration may complement or conflict with efficiency-seeking or arbitrage strategies and may thus influence why captive offshore units receive new product development orders from other MNC units located abroad.
  • Using a sample from Brazil and applying structural equation modeling with partial least squares (PLS), we find that local NPD outsourcing constitutes a complementary relationship, while local cooperation with clients creates a trade-off relationship with captive offshoring. That these relationships are moderated by the captive offshore unit’s cost position within the MNC suggests that arbitrage effects transcend the headquarter-subsidiary relationship into the sphere of MNC subsidiaries’ local collaborations.
  • Our findings imply that arbitrage in multinational contexts affects the interdependence between resources and transaction costs.
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Although the variable size has been used as a proxy for many different ideas, its relationship with resources and capabilities in MNC subsidiary research, especially in R&D, product development or related areas, is straightforward because these areas are both intensive in highly qualified people and require specialized resources, such as laboratory equipment.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Captive Offshoring of New Product Development in Brazil
How Does Arbitrage Influence Local, Collaborative Relationships?
verfasst von
Prof. Dirk M. Boehe
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2010
Verlag
SP Gabler Verlag
Erschienen in
Management International Review / Ausgabe 6/2010
Print ISSN: 0938-8249
Elektronische ISSN: 1861-8901
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-010-0054-z

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