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Vol 25 - No 10 - December/January 2000 A four-stage model for outsourcing research and development Outsourcing, the process of buying in materials or services, is increasingly used to enable businesses to cut costs and concentrate on core activities... Two other factors have contributed to this trend: globalisation and the increased use of information technology (IT). Research and Development (R&D) is one of the functions most frequently outsourced due to the ever increasing wage levels of specialist staff and rapid technological change. Page: 21 Words: approx. 500 Related Topics: Research Strategic
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