creators_name: Lee , Meng Tze
creators_name: Mohd Ghazali Mohayiddin, 
creators_name: Kanesan , Muthusamy
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2011-12-05 00:03:26
lastmod: 2013-05-16 05:35:05
metadata_visibility: show
corp_creators: Open University Malaysia
title: Soft technology transfer for Japanese MNCs in Malaysia : a conceptual model
ispublished: pub
subjects: LC5201
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: 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)
abstract: 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)
date: 2011-11-14
date_type: published
pagerange: 289-298
event_title: The International Lifelong Learning Conference (ICLLL) 2011 
event_location: Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
event_dates: 14-15 November 2011
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Lee , Meng Tze and Mohd Ghazali Mohayiddin,  and Kanesan , Muthusamy  (2011) Soft technology transfer for Japanese MNCs in Malaysia : a conceptual model.  In: The International Lifelong Learning Conference (ICLLL) 2011 , 14-15 November 2011, Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.     
document_url: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/656/1/soft_technology_lee.pdf