%A Meng Tze Lee 
%A  Mohd Ghazali Mohayiddin
%A Muthusamy Kanesan 
%T Soft technology transfer for Japanese MNCs in Malaysia : a conceptual model
%X This article examines the soft technology transfer for Japanese MNCs in Malaysia, based on
knowledge-view model. The objective of this study is to verify the factors causing of soft
technology transfer, technologists? absorptive capacity and social capital. The
interrelationships between absorptive capacity, social capital and soft technology transfer
are formulated as conceptual models. (Abstract by authors)
%C Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
%D 2011
%K Technology transfer (TT), Hard technology (HT), Soft technology (ST), Multinational
Corporation (MNC), Foreign direct investment (FDI), Gross domestic product (GDP), Newly
industrialized country (NIC), R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP (R&D Intensity), Research
Scientists and Engineers per 1 million workforce ( S&T Density)
%P 289-298
%L library_repository656