TY - JOUR
T1 - International technology transfer in services
AU - Grosse, Robert
N1 - Funding Information:
I would like to thank a number of MBA and Ph.D. students who carried out interviews in Argentina (several students from the Universidad del Salvador); Brazil (Ana Lidia Gresenberg of the Fundacao Getulio Vargas); Colombia (Martha Osorio of Universidad de los Andes); Ecuador (Valerie Merino of the Universidad Catolica del Ecuador); Peru (Fernando Diez Canseco and Rene Cornejo of ESAN); and Venezuela (Maria Jimena Rodriguez of IESA); and who did data analysis at the University of Miami (Nancy Yeldezian, Kumar Venkataramany and James Siegal). This project was undertaken for the United Nations Program on Transnational Corporations (then carried out by UNCTC, now part of UNCTAD), and funded by the Government of Germany.
PY - 1996/9
Y1 - 1996/9
N2 - This study examines the nature of technology and the process of its transfer in five service industries from parent companies to foreign affiliates. Three principal research questions are posed: What is the key technology in each industry? What are the main methods for transferring this technology? How and why do technology and transfer methods differ across firms, industries and countries? The empirical analysis shows that key technologies were generally knowledge of/experience in the industry and methodology for producing the service. Transfer of the technology was mainly done through the training and transfer of experts: and organizational forms were wholly owned subsidiaries and international partnerships. More technology transfer occurred when firms were more international, when affiliates were more recently-established, and when parent ownership was lower in the affiliate. Some evidence exists that more firm-specific, jointly produced technology leads to higher ownership percentage and greater transfer to affiliates.
AB - This study examines the nature of technology and the process of its transfer in five service industries from parent companies to foreign affiliates. Three principal research questions are posed: What is the key technology in each industry? What are the main methods for transferring this technology? How and why do technology and transfer methods differ across firms, industries and countries? The empirical analysis shows that key technologies were generally knowledge of/experience in the industry and methodology for producing the service. Transfer of the technology was mainly done through the training and transfer of experts: and organizational forms were wholly owned subsidiaries and international partnerships. More technology transfer occurred when firms were more international, when affiliates were more recently-established, and when parent ownership was lower in the affiliate. Some evidence exists that more firm-specific, jointly produced technology leads to higher ownership percentage and greater transfer to affiliates.
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U2 - 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490153
DO - 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490153
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030352885
SN - 0047-2506
VL - 27
SP - 781
EP - 800
JO - Journal of International Business Studies
JF - Journal of International Business Studies
IS - 4
ER -