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An exploratory study of human resource aspects of international technology transfers to Sri Lankan private sector manufacturing firms

Vathsala Wickramasinghe, Saman Garusinghe

International Journal of Operations & Production Management

ISSN: 0144-3577

Article publication date: 25 May 2010

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore project‐level human resource aspects of international technology transfers (ITTs) to private sector manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected from 35 ITT projects. A self‐administered survey questionnaire was chosen as the main mode for data collection. In addition to descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression were used to analyse data.

Findings

Firms have acquired product, process and management‐system technologies from countries having different institutional environments, namely, the USA, Europe, China, Japan and India. It was found that the country from which technology was sourced and the type of technology predict several project‐level human resource aspects explored in this paper.

Originality/value

The acquisition of human resource capabilities provides the central underpinning in ITTs. There is a marked absence of research‐led literature on technology transfers at the project‐level that resulted in less developed countries in Asia.

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Citation

Wickramasinghe, V. and Garusinghe, S. (2010), "An exploratory study of human resource aspects of international technology transfers to Sri Lankan private sector manufacturing firms", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 30 No. 6, pp. 584-611. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443571011046030

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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