《《Offshoring and Product Innovation Naghavi and Ottaviano 2016》.pdfVIP

Offshoring and Product Innovation Alireza Naghavi∗ Gianmarco Ottaviano† October 4, 2006 Abstract We propose an endogenous growth model with offshoring to investigate its effects on product innovation and growth in the country of origin. Offshoring is associated with reduced feedback from offshored plants to domestic labs as well as coordination problems between the offshored and