Efficacy of R&D work in offshore captive centers: An empirical study of task characteristics, coordination mechanisms, and performance

• Main Authors: MANI, Deepa, SRIKANTH, Kannan, BHARADWAJ, Anandhi
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: offshoring; captive centers; R&D; coordination; distributed work; modularization; information sharing; performance; knowledge intensive work; Business; Strategic Management Policy; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4367; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5366/viewcontent/SSRN_id2501900.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Seizing the latest technological advances in distributed work, an increasing number of firms have set up offshore captive centers (CCs) in emerging economies to carry out sophisticated R&D work. We analyse survey data from 132 R&D CCs established by foreign multinational companies in India t...