Technology Transfer and World Competitiveness

Published Date

2014, Vol.69:121–127, doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2014.02.211

24th DAAAM International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation, 2013

Open Access, Creative Commons license

Title 

Technology Transfer and World Competitiveness 

• Author 

• Soemon Takakuwa ^a,,
• Ivica Veza ^b

• aNagoya University,Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan
• bUniversity of Split, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, R. Boskovica 32, 21000 Split, Croatia

Available online 25 March 2014.

Abstract

Technology transfer and international competitiveness are closely related. In Japan, many companies that once dominated manufacturing technology have lost their market share to foreign companies. In this study, global manufacturing and technology transfer are first described, introducing Toyota's global manufacturing strategy, the flying geese paradigm and China's Technology Transfer from Opening Domestic Market (TTODM) strategy. Then, some major aspects of a competitive environment in today's economy are described, with comparisons between Japanese companies and foreign companies from the standpoints of economics and technology management.

Keywords

• Management of technology
• global manufacturing
• technology transfer
• competitiveness.

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  Selection and peer-review under responsibility of DAAAM International Vienna.

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