The inter firm technology transfers (TT) in collaborative joint ventures (JVs) often involve trade offs between the willingness of technology supplier to transfer a considerable amount of technologies to technology recipient and degree of protection of the proprietary technology, knowledge and competencies as the source of the suppliers competitive advantage. Thus, technology transfers through JVs have frequently involved various facilitators, actors and complex relationship between partners; which eventually have direct impact on the degree of technology transfer in JVs. Therefore, building...

Efficient supply chain management (SCM) is recognized as a strategic tool for companies to enhance performance in terms of quality, time, speed and reliability while minimizing total costs. Based on resource-based view (RBV) and knowledge-based view of the firm (KBV) perspectives, supply chain can be considered as an organizations strategic asset to achieve competitive advantage. Knowledge management (KM) is a crucial requirement for the organizations to leverage their knowledge in todays turbulent business environment. Knowledge acquisition and knowledge application are two important...