Abstract
This article examines the successes and failures of thirty-two different high-technology intrafirm core manufacturing technology transfers where a technology was either replicated at or completely relocated to another facility. In addition, the study investigates the impact various factors have upon the economics of such transfers. These factors include: distance between facilities, complexity of the technology, communication and training, organizational experience with prior transfers, financial commitment to the transferred technology, and other resource costs.
Keywords
Core (optical fiber)BusinessIndustrial organizationTechnology transferResource (disambiguation)MarketingAdvanced manufacturingOperations managementEconomicsComputer scienceTelecommunicationsInternational trade
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- Year
- 1990
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 56-70
- Citations
- 375
- Access
- Closed
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Craig S. Galbraith
(1990).
Transferring Core Manufacturing Technologies in High-Technology Firms.
California Management Review
, 32
(4)
, 56-70.
https://doi.org/10.2307/41166628
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- DOI
- 10.2307/41166628