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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.

References


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    • Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, The White Paper on Manufacturing Industry (Monodzukuri) 2012, 2012. http://www.meti.go.jp/report/whitepaper/mono/2012/(in Japanese).
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    • Ministry of Finance, Japan, Trade Statistics of Japan http://www.customs.go.jp/toukei/info/.
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    • S. Takakuwa (ed.), Manufacturing Management in East Asia, Chuo Keizaisha, Tokyo, 2012. (in Japanese).
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    • China Bureau of National Statistics, Automobile Production in China, 2010.
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    • I. Bremmer, The End of the Free Market, Portfolio, New York, 2010.

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    Selection and peer-review under responsibility of DAAAM International Vienna.
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    Corresponding author. Tel.: +81 52 789 2389; fax: +81 52 789 2389


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The Mediatory Effect of Self-efficacy on the Relationship between Religious Values and Entrepreneurial Orientations: A Case of Malay Owner Managers of SMEs in Manufacturing Industry

Published Date
15 May 2014, Vol.130:96–104, doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.04.012
4th International Conference on Marketing and Retailing 2013, INCOMaR 2013
Open Access, Creative Commons license

Title 
The Mediatory Effect of Self-efficacy on the Relationship between Religious Values and Entrepreneurial Orientations: A Case of Malay Owner Managers of SMEs in Manufacturing Industry 
  • Author 
  • Rohani Mohd a,,
  • Khulida Kirana b
  • Badrul Hisham Kamaruddin a
  • Anizah Zainuddin a
  • Maznah Che Ghazali a
  • aFaculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • bCollege of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia

Available online 5 June 2014.

Abstract


This study determines the meditating role of self-efficacy on the relationship between personal values and entrepreneurial orientations. This study comprised sample of 162 small scale Malay SMEs in manufacturing industry, from the whole states of Malaysia. Rasch Measurement Model was used for the purpose of construct reliability and validity. SPSS was used for a hierarchical analysis to find the mediating role of SE. The findings indicate that self-efficacy of the Malay owner managers acted as full mediating role in the relationship between personal values and entrepreneurial orientation. Malay owner managers were found to have high self efficacy and they are entrepreneurial. An important implication of this research is that the interesting findings give some insight to management consultants to focus on improving self-efficacy of the Malay owner managers, in their training module, as that could influence owner managers to be more entrepreneurial.
Keywords

  • Self-efficacy
  • Malay SMEs
  • religious values
  • entrepreneurial orientation

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    Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of INCOMaR 2013.
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    Corresponding author. Tel.: +6-013-2069766; fax: +6-03-5544-4693.


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