Abstract
Not only relatively simple work routines can today be outsourced to home countries or sent abroad. Also R&D is today object for such a development.
In this paper we consider the issue through the prisms of history, uncertainty, and modularity. We look at the temporal dimension of knowledge accumulation, diminishing uncertainty, applying the modularisation concept in division of labour and all that covering with sphere of globalisation and faster, cheaper and more reliable and accurate information flow are making R&D processes object for outsourcing. We are looking at three empirical cases: 1) Open source software development, 2) Developemnt of new types of insuling, and 3) Development of new types of agricultural technologies.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Second Globelics Conference Innovation Ssytems and Development: Emerging Opportunities and Chall |
| Editors | Bengt-Åke Lundvall et al. |
| Place of Publication | Aalborg |
| Publisher | Globelics |
| Publication date | 2004 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Event | Globelics Conference 2004 - Beijing, PRC Duration: 1 Jan 2004 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Globelics Conference 2004 |
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| City | Beijing, PRC |
| Period | 01/01/2004 → … |