| Author | Koay, Chew Chai Jerry |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. IE-88-01 |
| Subject(s) | Technology transfer--Costs
Technology assessment--Costs
|
| Note | A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for t he Award of the Degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. IE-88-01 |
| Abstract | High cost of foreign technology appeared to be a predominant
issue in the international transfer of commercial technology, and
it was also widely acclaimed that the major cause of excessive
technological payment was the lack of bargaining power on the
recipient. A hypothetical model based on multiple linear
regression aimed at estimating and explaining the levels and
determinants of the explicit costs of technology transfer and its
corresponding output performances was proposed. Attempt was made
to apply the model to some selected technology transfer projects
in the manufacturing industries of Thailand.
Results of statistical analysis had indicated that resource
costs <explicit cost) of transfer and the corresponding
productivities and profitability were determined by different
subsets of variables in different industries, with different
magnitude of impact. These were due to the fact that different
industrial sectors consume different proportions of transfer
resources at both hardware and software levels. In the study,
evidence for these patterns of transfer resource commitment were
obvious, even under a broad categorization of the sample into
continuous process <a selected group of projects from the textile
industry) and discrete process subgroups.
Nevertheless, there were apparent indications of two factors
namely the transfer mechanisms and the number of previous
"startup" experiences the transferor has with the technology;
that have predominant effect on the transfer costs and as well as
productivities and profitability of the transfer projects. |
| Year | 1988 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IE-88-01 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Tang, John C.S. ;Frausum, Yves G. Van
; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Tabucanon, Mario T. ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Lee Foundation (Singapore); |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1988 |
