Economic Analysis of Technology Infrastructure Needs for Advanced Manufacturing: Additive Manufacturing

Gallaher, Michael; Oliver, Zachary T.; Rieth, Kirsten; O’Connor, Alan

doi:10.6028/nist.gcr.16-006

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“…Technology adoption was defined as a process ranging from acceptance, integration, and use of new technology in a society (Scott, Beaulieu, Rothrock, & O'Connor, 2016). The process follows several stages, usually categorized by the groups of people who use that technology.…”

Section: Technology Transfer and Labour Productivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Technology Transfer Stimulate Labour Productivity: Experience from Nigeria Automobile Sector

Egwakhe¹,

Amos²,

Nicodemus³

2020

IJBM

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This paper argued that technology transfer possesses operational and structural capability to stimulate labour productivity in Nigerian automobile sector. Technology transfer proxies are knowledge transfer, skill acquisition, technology infrastructure, innovation, and adoption and their fundamental effect on workforce productivity. A cross-sectional survey research design was adopted to capture the perception of respondents at a categorical point in time. There were three automobile manufacturing companies in Nigeria from which the responding organisations were drawn.  The unit of analysis consisted of 675 managers and engineers who were randomly selected from a total population of 1,150. The research instrument was adapted, and its content and construct validity were established. Also, it was subjected to reliability test with Cronbach’s alpha value above the minimum threshold. The hypothesis was tested using multiple regressions and the aggregate result revealed a positive significant relationship between technology transfer and labour productivity. The power of the individual result revealed that a positive significant relationship exists between the dimensions of technology transfer (skill acquisition, technology infrastructure, technology innovation, technology adoption, and labour productivity, while knowledge transfer was not significant. The study recommended sustained and progressive technology transfer to enhance workers’ productivity in the sector.

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Section: Technology Transfer and Labour Productivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Technology Transfer Stimulate Labour Productivity: Experience from Nigeria Automobile Sector

Egwakhe¹,

Amos²,

Nicodemus³

2020

IJBM

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“…Gallaher, Oliver, Reith, and O'Connor (2016) define technology infrastructure as infra-technologies and technology platform which include electricity, defense system, modern transportation, scientific and engineering databases, reference materials, and process models. Scott, Beaulieu, Rothrock, and O'Connor (2016), further asserted that technology infrastructure is a component of competitiveness that gives organization or a nation an edge for investors attraction with combined attributes of stable political environment, language, culture and good quality of life (World Bank Report, 2018). Anderson (2016) went further to argue that technology infrastructure also comprises of assets such as telecommunications, word processing and management information system, automated data processing, equipment, goods, and services.…”

Section: Technology Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

Technology Transfer and Competitive Advantage: The Managers’ Perspective

2019

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Achieving and sustaining competitive advantages is becoming extraordinarily difficult as strategic intangible resources are hidden from public consumption and information asymmetry rules a turbulence business environment. The how of competitive advantage debate revolves around different constructs but technology transfer (technology infrastructure, innovation, and adoption) constitutes the focus of this work. The paper argued from technology transfer proxies to explain firms' competitive advantage through the knowledge lenses of managers. Cross-sectional survey research design was adopted, the unit of analysis was randomly selected and data were collected from 90 managers of telecommunication companies in Lagos State, Nigeria through a validated questionnaire whose reliability was established. The study provided empirical evidences that a relationship exist between technology transfer dimensions (technology adoption, technology infrastructure, and technology innovation) and competitive advantage (r =0.582, p<0.05; 0.862, p<0.05; 0.684, p<0.05) and that these further affected significantly firms' competitive advantage (Fstat.19.16, p-value 0.000) among the surveyed companies. The recommendation focused on technology transfer in the form of adoption, infrastructure and innovation within a business ecosystem to promote competitive advantage.

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“…The study also identifies distinct barriers to innovation, caused by market failures 3 , beyond the public good nature of technology infrastructure. These barriers create further inefficiencies and magnify the role of public institutions in meeting these scientific and technical needs.…”

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The Economic Impact of Technology Infrastructure for Additive Manufacturing

Anderson¹

2016

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• Conservative estimates indicate that meeting the identified technology infrastructure needs would save additive manufacturers $4.1 billion annually. Benefits attributable to enhanced product quality, market growth and R&D costs savings which are identified but not quantified would greatly increase this estimate.• Barriers to innovation increase the cost of additive manufacturing R&D, weaken private investment incentives and foster proprietary standards that can distort the market.• Closing select technical gaps while leaving other needs unmet would significantly limit the benefits to domestic manufacturers.• Small firms are particularly disadvantaged by current gaps in the technology infrastructure.

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Economic Analysis of Technology Infrastructure Needs for Advanced Manufacturing: Additive Manufacturing

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

Can Technology Transfer Stimulate Labour Productivity: Experience from Nigeria Automobile Sector

Can Technology Transfer Stimulate Labour Productivity: Experience from Nigeria Automobile Sector

Technology Transfer and Competitive Advantage: The Managers’ Perspective

The Economic Impact of Technology Infrastructure for Additive Manufacturing

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