The Technology Transfer Models

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Technology transfer managers or researches had constituted some models in their own perspectives in order to cope with the challenges they faced before. There are lots of seperation methods about the technology transfer models , however, we preferred to seperate the technology transfer models into two main categories. They are qualitative models and quantitative models. 3.4.1. Qualitative Models Jagoda (2007) points out that, qualitative models involve non-numerical psychological activities in technology transfer that are directly effect the success of the company. There are many qualitative models such as ; • The Bar –Zakay Model (1971); • The Behrman and Wallender Model (1976) • The Dahlman and Westphal Model (1981) • The Schlie, Radnor and Wad Model (1987) • The Chantramonklasri Model ( 1990) The common thread to all this qualitative models that they divide the technology transfer process into different categories themselves and they tries to cope with the transfer process by ignoring the analytical or mathematical data. Moreover, those models have some weaknesses. The Bar Zakay Model (1971) has four stages of the technology transfer model . Moreover , it suffers from limited relevance compared to present conditions. The Behrman and Wallender Model (1976) consists of seven categories . The weakness of the Behrman and Wallender Model is that transferor contribution is slightly low and transferee is the base. The Dahlman and Westphal Model (1981) has nine stages as in the technology transfer model . This model is the developed model as The Behrman and Wallender. The major weakness of this model is that the transferee neccessitates high level engineering skills. The Schlie, Radnor and Wad Model (1987... ... middle of paper ... ...ogy vary with respect to cultural differences, work habits, and norms. (Slowikowski and Jarratt, 1997). • Business Factors Product features and commercial decisions include the business factors of the firms and the main trouble that factor faces is shareholders and managers conflicts. • Human Factors Human factors effect the transformation process with regarding to employees and their effectiveness rates , their workshops or trainings. (Mitala and Pennathurb, 2004) • Geographical Factors The geographical factors are another crucial points of the technology transfer process. Because of the fact that it directly affects the technology transfer and adaptability problems. Geographical location is regarded as a technical issue and may affect the capacity utilization of equipment in terms of temperature , climate problems, air conditions, voice canals humidity.

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