Technology Transfer and Technology Transfer Performance: The Role of Technology Network of Manufacturing Entrepre-neurships

The Nigerian manufacturing sector has been performing abysmally in spite of the strategies employed by the government to improve the sectors performance. However, the commonplaceness of technology networks and manufacturing entrepreneurships in Nnewi town sets the tune for this study. This study therefore seeks to examine the relationship between technology network and technology transfer and technology transfer performance among indigenous family-owned manufacturing entrepreneurships in the town. Survey design and simple random sampling technique were adopted. Questionnaire was employed to generate the study data. The chi-square analysis of the data shows that technology transfer and technology transfer performance significantly depends on technology network. The study concludes that through cooperation within a technology network, actors can acquire, apply and put a transferred technology to commercial ends based on their absorptive capabilities. In addition to increased investment in education and other infrastructures, the study recommends taking advantage of the Nigerian market power to create various technology networks of owners and users of similar technologies. Further research themes are provided.

Keywords: Technology Transfer, Technology Transfer Performance, Tacit Knowledge, R&D,Technological Innovation, Non-technological Innovation, Nnewi Town