The Study On Knowledge Transfer Process And Influencing Factors Between Technology Allances

The national innovation ability determines not only competitive strength of the country but also the level of sustainable development of that. The essential goal of technology alliance is a learning and creation of knowledge. The enterprises can acquire the complemental resource and improve its core competitiveness by technology alliance. As a developing country, technology alliance is therefore an inevitable choice for China in the process of national construction at the present stage. At the moment, some technology alliances have been constructed in China, such as TD-SCDMA industry technology alliance, technology alliance of the recycle technology of steel, the new energy and chemical industry technology alliance and so on. Because of many influencing fators which affect or constrain knowledge transfer among partners of technology, it is deficient for enterprises of China to learn and sbsorb advanced complementary knowledge. For this reason, the successful knowledge transfer among alliance partners is helpful for China to construct industry technology alliances and build state innovation system. The paper aims at proposing knowledge transfer process model an influencing factors conceptual model and demonstrating the influencing path during technology alliance according to inter-orgnizations knowledge transfer model, process and influencing factors of that. The research of this article is meaningful and practicle referential for R&D to successfully transfer knowledge in technology alliance.This article is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ph. D.Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China, No.20050213027.Firstly, the thesis defines technology alliance and knowledge transfer of technology alliance and bring forth technology alliance mode on a basis of technology alliance institution of China and characrteristics of organization learning. It is put forward that the knowledge transfer process model among technology alliance organizaitions for different technology alliance mode. This treatise also defines the technology alliance organizational knowledge construction. The eight elements related to knowledge transfer of technology alliance is recognized and knowledge transfer process model brought forward according to the inter-orgnization knowledge transfer process model proposed by the scholars ( Szulanski & Vito Albino) , technology alliance mode and the characteristics of process mamagement.Secondly, the paper puts forward the technology alliance influencing factors conceptual model on a basis of the analysis of knowledge transfer process model and relative eight elements. Information symmetry is initiatively brought forth to the process of ananlizing influencing factors of knowledge transfer, which is a concept of microeconomics. The assummption is that the high degree of information symmetry is positively related to knowledge identifying ability in the model.Thirdly, the nine research hypothesizeses are proposed according to the five influencing factors path in the technology alliance influencing factors conceptual model. Then the thesis makes a set of questionnaire to measure the nine influencing factors. The reliability analysis, validity analysis, descriptive statistical analysis and structure equation model are also used for empirical research. The result of the empirical research shows: smooth implementation of knowledge transfer process directly and positively affects effectiveness of knowledge transfer; resources input, knowledge context factors and knowledge transfer means positively affect knowledge transfer through impact implementation process of knowledge transfer; information symmetry positively relates to knowledge identifying ability; the disseminative capability and the absorptive capability directly and significantly affect context applicability.Lastly, the technology alliance between Harbin Turbine Company and Gerenal Electric Company is analyzed to verify this paper's research conclusion, and the case analysis presentes the research result is correct. At the same time, the demonstration process shows how the conclusion drawn by the paper is used in prctise, which is benefical for R&D to understand and utilize them.