Nearly two decades ago, an important concern of development thinking and international public policy centered on the movement of individuals with high human capital from low income countries to higher income countries — a phenomenon know as ‘reverse technology transfer’ or the ‘brain drain’. Subsequently the issue dropped out of sight, edged out by the immediacy of the problems confronting deve...

Many have written about the challenges that industrial research organizations face in trying to transfer the technology they create to other organizations. Research pursues a long and winding road from the proof of concept of a technology in the lab to the adoption of that technology by others and its use for corporate benefit. To follow the road to its end requires persistence, determination, ...

It is widely believed that an important factor underlying the rapid growth in China is increased foreign direct investment (FDI) and the transfer of foreign technology capital, which is accumulated know-how from investment in research and development (R&D), brands, and organizations that is not specific to a plant. In this paper, we study two channels through which FDI can contribute to upgradi...

A mixed probit model was applied to survey data toanalyze consumers’ wilingness to buy apples with cosmetic damage caused by the sooty blotch and flyspeck (SBFS) disease complex. The analysis finds consumers will pay a premium for organic production methods and for apples with low amounts of SBFS damage. Behavioral variables such as experience in growing fruit significantly affect the willingne...

The purpose of this paper is to test and compare two models, which have been popularly used for explaining how users come to accept and use a technology and their behavioral intention. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) is used to analyze customer intention to buy online. By sampling 102 online potential customers in Malaysia, findings indicate that th...

TT centers on the communication of information that is intended to accomplish a task. TT is a particularly difficult type of communication; often it is ineffective. TT is becoming a major management focus and involves a range of organizational, informational, and behavioral challenges to getting knowledge (ideas and products) from research to process and market applications in a cost effective,...

Advanced technologies are satisfying the demands of individuals and industry. But what about employees? Various organisations have begun to explore adopting new increasing employee buy-in. ‘Digital Ubuntu’ is a newly coined term that describes collaborating with each other solve problem digitally. This discussion paper aims use unpack implications using “Digital Ubuntu” around adoption advanced...

  Effect of Cervical Mucus Aspiration with Insulin Syringe on Pregnancy Rate in ART Cycles     A. Aflatoonian MD1*, M. Asgharnia MD 2, N.Tabibnejad GP3     1- Associated Professor, Dept. of Gynecology, University of Medical Sciences and Research and Clinical Center of Infertility, Yazd, Iran   2- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Gynecology, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran   3- G...

A survey was conducted In 1970 and 1971 of the communication patterns of 1,500 research and development scientists and engineers working in Ireland. The techniques used in studying individual firms were adapted to suit the conditions within the country. The findings of this survey indicate that if international transfer of technology is to be fostered, more attention should be paid to the devel...

This paper reviews the background and concepts relevant to understanding knowledge and technology transfer in the Internet2 project of UCAID. Drawing from presentations at the Knowledge and Technology Transfer Panel at the Internet2 Sociotechnical Summit, this paper suggests opportunities for research on technology transfer among UCAID collaborators working on new developments for advanced netw...