Component-based technology transfer in the presence of potential imitators

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 536-552

  Sun, Jiong ^a   Debo, Laurens G ^b   Kekre, Sunder ^c   Xie, Jinhong ^d  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost saving potential; Sourcing; Technology imitation; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT TECHNOLOGIES; COMPONENT-BASED TECHNOLOGY; COST-SAVING; COST-SAVING POTENTIAL; EMERGING MARKETS; ENTRY COSTS; GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY; LOCAL MARKETS; SOURCING; TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; VARIABLE COSTS;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COST ACCOUNTING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 77949546515     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1111     Document Type: Article

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