Chapter 13

Antecedents and Performance Outcomes of International Subsidiaries’ Technology Sourcing Strategy

K. Scott Swan and Brent Allrend

The College of William and Mary

Aldor Lanctot

Dell Computers

INTRODUCTION

NOORI (1990) DESCRIBES THE CHOICE firms face between internal technology development and external technology reliance as the technology acquisition decision. The technology acquisition decision has traditionally examined the firm’s decision to internally innovate or acquire technology from outside sources. While international technology management has moved up on the research agenda (Chiesa 1996; Bartholomew 1997; Gassman and von Zedtwitz 1998; Kotabe and Swan 1995; Swamidass 1993; Kuemmerle 1999; Medcof 1997), the influences on the ...

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