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- Fredriksson, Anna, 1979-, et al.
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Technology transfer as apart of the business : Inter-organizational transfer strategies based on experiences of aircraft production
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Ingår i: Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 2398-5364 .- 2398-5372. ; 12:1, s. 151-171
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PurposeThe purpose of this paper is through a literature study and a study of the Saab offset cases to identify strategies to increase inter-organizational transfer capability.Design/Methodology/ApproachBased on a literature study and a study of three of Saab’s offset cases and Saab’s process for technology transfer.FindingsThis study has identified inter-organisational transfer strategies based on the importance of the hierarchy of decision-making and the change from capacity transfers to capability transfers in offset business. 1) The type of performance goals set in the business agreement decides how to realise the transfer. 2) The hierarchy of decision-making create a need to align the understanding of the performance goals between the different parts of the organisation, which affect the plans for how to transfer knowledge between the organizational as well as the individual levels. 3) To reach the performance goals of the technology transfer there need to be a balance between the disseminative capability of the sender and the absorptive capability of the receiver. LimitationsThis study is based on a single case within a relatively unique industry with an offset perspective and production transfers. Therefore, there is also a need for future studies to confirm the identified relationships within outsourcing/offset within other industries and other types of transfers.Originality/value: A change from capacity transfers to capability transfers in both outsourcing/offshoring and offset business indicates that more research should be placed on the disseminative capacity of the sender. The literature review revealed that the disseminative capacity of the sender has been the subject of less research than the absorptive capacity of the receiver.
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- Mogos, Maria, et al.
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A production-transferprocedure based on risk management principles
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 2398-5364 .- 2398-5372. ; 12:1, s. 103-150
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose –This paper develops a procedure for preparing production transfers based on risk management principles. The procedure should help companies reduce the amount of supply disruptions during transfers and achieve their outsourcing/offshoring objectives.Design/methodology/approach – The procedure was developed during a 3-year Design Science study. First, a literature review and case studies were conducted to frame the research problem. Second, a preliminary procedure was developed based on preventive actions from the production transfer literature. Third, the procedure was implemented during an electronics-offshoring case and refined during workshops with the sender and receiver’s transfer-personnel. Fourth, during a seminar, transfer experts verified the procedure by applying it to outsourcing/offshoring cases with which they had experience.Findings – Most of the preventive actions were evaluated as relevant for the transfers the procedure was applied to, regardless of industry and relocation type. Nevertheless, the electronics-offshoring case showed that the amount of resources the transfer parties were willing to invest in interactive actions (e.g. cross-locational transfer of personnel) depended on the transfer’s risk level and profit impact. This paper provides propositions about how to better allocate personnel during relocations and enhances the production transfer literature by clarifying transfer-risk management.Practical implications – The procedure can be used during the production-transfer phase as a preparation procedure. Moreover, it informs the decision-making process during the relocation-decision and supplier-selection phases.Originality/value – To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first production-transfer-preparation procedure based on risk management principles.
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