6 - Transfer of technology
from PART II
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
Summary
In chapter 5 we have outlined the methodology adopted in part III for evaluating the transfer of technology from the USSR to India. For the sake of convenience, we summarise those criteria here. We identified an independent technological capacity with the following capabilities in relation to the preparation and execution of projects in manufacturing industry: pre-investment studies, project execution, process engineering, product engineering, industrial engineering and horizontal technology transfer. It is primarily the first two which are the subject of technology transfer; process and product engineering, on the other hand, cannot be bought in and must be developed in-house. The total technological capability developed within an enterprise must be the result of both the technology transferred to it and that which is developed in-house.
The criteria used in evaluating the effectiveness of technology transfer are as follows: 1. the training component, 2. the sharing of the design and engineering work between the supplier of technology and the acquirer, 3. the use of local inputs (i.e. equipment and services), 4. the setting in motion of a local R&D process and design capability, and 5. the diffusion of the technology acquired. We also stated in chapter 5 that the combination of technology transferred and that developed in-house should show itself in machine-operating skills, a mastery of the manufacturing technology and design and R&D capacity. These skills, or technological requirements, have particular importance in the capital goods sector.
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- India and the Soviet UnionTrade and Technology Transfer, pp. 88 - 138Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991