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Managing Inter-Firm Process Technology Transfer: Success Factors And Organisational Perspectives

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  • THOMAS LAGER

    (Mälardalen University School of Innovation, Design and Engineering Campus Eskilstuna, Sweden)

  • HAITEM HASSAN-BECK

    (ADNOC Refining Research Centre, PO Box 3593, Sas Al Nakhl, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates)

Abstract

Introducing existing, improved or radically new process technology in the process industries is not finished until it is operating well at the firm’s premises; a fact of growing importance in the perspective of digital transformation. However, since it is uncommon for firms in the process industries to develop own process technology, they are dependent on suppliers for the acquisition of new equipment. Relying on the development of an organisational framework, the authors’ industrial experiences, and a literature review, success factors for inter-firm process technology transfer were initially developed. To facilitate the company use, and as an illustrative case, the success factors were afterwards included in a survey to informants in the petrochemical industries. The findings indicate that companies would benefit from the development of an internal guide for inter-firm process technology transfer. The success factors could not only be used as components in such a manual, but also serve as a “check-list” for internal improvement programs for process technology transfer.

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  • Thomas Lager & Haitem Hassan-Beck, 2021. "Managing Inter-Firm Process Technology Transfer: Success Factors And Organisational Perspectives," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 25(02), pages 1-41, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:25:y:2021:i:02:n:s1363919621500183
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919621500183
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