... formulation process of the business founding. Finally, the paper leverages the findings to contribute to the literature on social entrepreneurship, technology transfer and knowledge sharing. Both theoretical models and empirical models (process models) can be used to understand how organizational...

... skills has been developed (Johanson and Vahlne, 1990 ; Oystein and Servais, 2002). New Zealand Small to medium‐sized enterprises International business Internationalization process Technology transfer High‐tech SMEs A number of studies have demonstrated the role of networks...

... technologies and knowledge from the external environment in order to exploit their ideas and create new products. Technology transfer (TT) is defined as the process for the passing and subsequent use of technology, expertise, know‐how or facilities for a purpose not originally intended by the developing...

... primary interest is in acquiring the foreign partner’s technology, and the fact that the foreign partner typically shows little interest in obtaining the Chinese partner’s unique non‐technical knowledge as an offset. This article attempts to show how technology transfers can be controlled in the first...