Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Mohan Babu, G.N.
Author-Email: gnmb@hotmail.com
Author-Workplace-Name: IIT, Madras
Title: The Determinants of Firm-level Technological Performances - A Study on the Indian Capital Goods Sector
Abstract: The need to improve competitiveness of the Indian Capital Goods Sector is more now
	 than ever before, owing to the increasingly liberalized Indian economic policies.
	 Appreciating the importance of Firm-level Technological Performances (FTPs) to
	 effectively compete in the market, the study focused on understanding them in
	 greater detail. The study has attempted to disaggregate the FTPs into four major
	 components namely, technology acquisition, technology implementation, technology
	 utilization, and technology creation performances. It has selected several
	 variables from the firm's internal and external environments to examine their
	 relationships with these four performances. Based on the empirical data from a
	 large sample of firms in the sector, the study has found that each of these
	 performances has its own specific set of determinants, which come from both the
	 environments. The study concludes that the disaggregation of FTPs not only helps us
	 to understand the problem better, but permits us to know which variables are to be
	 fine-tuned to improve which performance. It also suggests that the issues related
	 to the effective interfacing of institutional infrastructure in the economy with
	 firms are worth investigating.
Keywords: Capital Goods,  Competitiveness, Technology Assessment, India
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 1999
Number: 01
File-URL: http://www.intech.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/9901.pdf
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File-Size: 373 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:199901