The strategy of technology transfer: A dynamic analysis on standards, technology life cycle and international expansion

Abstract

As the key resource of a cluster or alliance rather than a single firm, technology resources can be configured with various ways to fit the need of competition or cooperation. Technology transfer is a main approach to implement firm's strategy, for it has the following functions: positive influences to the technology standards setting; positive influences to the technology standards expansion; positive influences to the technology life cycle; positive influences to the technology standards expansion in new markets; positive influences to the technology life cycle in multi-markets. Technology standard setting is also important, for it has positive relationship with the technology life cycle in multi-markets. The paper has two contributions: first, making the technology transfer analysis with international expansion from firm level; second, discussing the result with RBT from a view of cluster.