Handbook of Management Scales/Technology transfer

Technology transfer (alpha = 0.83)

Definition

The authors use the term technology transfer "to refer to scenarios where firms transfer, share, and/or deploy technology on their partner’s behalf".

Items

• We share high-level engineering capability with our partner firm.
• We are willing to transfer technologies to our partner firm.
• Our partner is willing to transfer technologies to us.
• We rely on our partner’s engineering capability.
• Technical support from our partner firm often helps us solve technical problems.

Source

• Kotabe et al. (2002): Gaining from Vertical Partnerships: Knowledge Transfer, Relationship Duration, and Supplier Performance Improvement in the U.S. and Japanese Automotive Industries. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 293–316

Comments

The authors remarked that the last item is potentially ambiguous. The directions of willingness do not necessarily relate to each other (e.g., compare item 2 to item 3).