TY  - SER
AU  - Pongsatorn Arbhabhirama
AU  - Sharif,Nawaz
AU  - Ramanathan,Krishnamurthy
AU  - Supapol,Atipol Bhanich
ED  - Government of the Netherlands,
TI  - Technology capability progression path for the consumer electronics industry in Thailand
T2  - Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Bangkok
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Technology transfer
KW  - Thailand
N1  - A thesis study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration in Management of Technology, School of Management; Thesis (M.B.A.) - Asian Institute of Technology
N2  - The consumer electronics industry in Thailand is one of the fast growing industry.  Therefore the competition in this industry is high. To gain more competitive edge, a firm has  to develop its technology capabilities. This study attempts to understand possible progression of  firms in term of technology capabilities development. This study classified the industry  development progression path as: hundred percent assembly, manufacturing of simple parts,  design circuit board, and design and manufacturing of major components. A framework was  developed to assess the technology capabilities at the firm level. It looks into three dimensions  of a firm: sophistication of technology embodiments, technology capabilities self-reliance, and  technology strategy options. Technology embodiments consist of: physical facilities, human  resources, documents and facts, and organization framework. Technology capabilities consist of:  utilization capability, compilation capability, acquisition capability, and generation capability.  Technology strategy options are: leader technology strategy, follower technology strategy,  exploiter technology strategy and extender technology strategy. The framework was applied to  study in five selected firms. The selection was based on type of ownership and position in  industry development path of these firms. The usefulness and limitation of the proposed  framework are discussed and recommendation for future study have been made with a view  towards further refining the proposed framework.
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