International technology transfer and its impact on innovation enhancement for firms based in Sri Lanka

K. Malik and Vathsala Wickramasinghe ()
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K. Malik: University of Manchester [Manchester]
Vathsala Wickramasinghe: University of Moratuwa

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Abstract: This paper presents research findings from industrial firms based in Sri Lanka who need to acquire new technologies from the external environment in order to compete and upgrade their innovation capabilities. We analyse some of the key challenges faced by the recipients of knowledge in international technology transfer projects from the perspective of technology receiver firms based in a developing country. Through this technology transfer process the receiver firms attempt to utilise knowledge, from the technology senders based in advanced countries, in order to help them upgrade their innovation capabilities. This upgrading process involves overcoming some challenges related to training provision, human resources, language barriers, complexity of transfer process, and recipient's lack of absorptive capacity. We present a number of important managerial implications, especially relevant for technology receivers in developing countries.

Keywords: Technology recipient firms; Innovation capability development; Technology absorption capacity; Knowledge transfer mechanisms; Technological capability building; Emerging economy innovation; Local firm competitiveness; Foreign direct investment spillovers; Technology licensing and diffusion; Human capital development; International technology transfer; Process management in technology transfer; Innovation performance enhancement; Productivity and efficiency gains; Sustainable technological upgrading; Research and development collaboration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Published in International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation, 2013, 12, pp.8-21. ⟨10.1504/IJTTC.2013.064130⟩

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DOI: 10.1504/IJTTC.2013.064130

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