Outsourcing and Innovation. A Comparative Study of Italy and the UK

Abstract

This research has been conducted by Prof. Ilan Oshri, Director of the Research Centre for Global Sourcing and Services at Loughborough University, Prof. Giovanni Vaia, Director of the Digital Enterprise Lab at Ca’ Foscari University Venice, sponsored by Engineering, an Italian firm. The results of this study are based on a cross-industry survey carried out in 2015 with 150 client firms in Italy (75 firms) and the UK (75 firms) at the executive level who were directly involved in achieving innovation through outsourcing. In this study, researchers answer this question by comparing innovation performance of Italian and British client firms: how can companies achieve innovation through outsourcing engagements