Title :
Study on Risks and Precautions of Enterprises´ R&D Outsourcing
Author :
Yan Jingdong ; Shi Yinping ; Lv Liping
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Wuhan Univ. of Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
R&D outsourcing is another management form which can relieve enterprises from complexly daily activities and strengthen enterprises´ competitiveness with the exception of human resources outsourcing and financial outsourcing. However, there are great risks involved in R&D outsourcing. The paper aimed at determining key risks of R&D outsourcing and making countermeasures for avoiding them. The paper, based on the concept and connotation of R&D outsourcing, analyzed risks during outsourcing at a strategic level and concluded that risks of R&D outsourcing should focus on risk of business strategic analysis, risk of decision-making on R&D outsourcing, risk of selection and management of service provider and risk of performance evaluation on R&D outsourcing. Finally the paper proposed preventive measure against the risks.
Keywords :
decision making; organisational aspects; outsourcing; research and development; risk analysis; strategic planning; R&D outsourcing; business strategic analysis; decision-making; enterprise competitiveness; enterprise precautions; enterprise risk analysis; performance evaluation; service provider; strategic level; Companies; Contracts; Industries; Outsourcing; Performance evaluation; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science (MASS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5325-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5326-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2010.5576902
