Technology transfer to China - Summary by Claudia Chittim
This article reviewed the methods of knowledge transfer from American manufacturing firms (specifically in Canada) to manufacturing or supplying firms in China. There were 28 manufacturing firms included in this study. and several theories to knowledge transfer discussed.
Conclusion:
Tacit knowledge is mostly used to transfer knowledge from Canadian firms to Chinese firms. This leaves a larger margin of error in interpretation because it takes out the objective skills needed to transfer knowledge as one would with "Codification". So instead of exchanging blueprints, information is communicated face to face. Technology based firms are more complex than standard manufacturing and should have codification and also because products develop rapidly. There are clearly problems in the transfer of knowledge if Tacit knowledge is used in this process. Also noted is that R & D in China is also poorly coordinated between the supplier and the Canadian organizations for fear of "leaking secrets" from one Chinese company to the other but also because employees, engineers have a high turnover in R & D firms.
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This article reviewed the methods of knowledge transfer from American manufacturing firms (specifically in Canada) to manufacturing or supplying firms in China. There were 28 manufacturing firms included in this study. and several theories to knowledge transfer discussed.
Conclusion:
Tacit knowledge is mostly used to transfer knowledge from Canadian firms to Chinese firms. This leaves a larger margin of error in interpretation because it takes out the objective skills needed to transfer knowledge as one would with "Codification". So instead of exchanging blueprints, information is communicated face to face. Technology based firms are more complex than standard manufacturing and should have codification and also because products develop rapidly. There are clearly problems in the transfer of knowledge if Tacit knowledge is used in this process. Also noted is that R & D in China is also poorly coordinated between the supplier and the Canadian organizations for fear of "leaking secrets" from one Chinese company to the other but also because employees, engineers have a high turnover in R & D firms.
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