04277nas|a2200505 i 4500 20260818114253.0 020709s2001 th u m rtt 00| a1eng d .b11856853 AIT RSPR no. SM-01-114 Abdullah, Md. Foreign direct investment and technology transfer : a study on electrical appliance industry of Thailand Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 111 p. Research studies project report ; no. SM-01-114 A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Business Administration, School of Management Research Studies Project Report (M.B.A.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 In last few years, there has been a significant upsurge in internationalization of production activities of MNCs through foreign direct investment. This massive internationalization has increased the involvement of MNCs in production activities of the host countries both in quantitative and qualitative terms. It is widely claimed that the subsidiaries are now enjoying more autonomy in decision making, undertaking higher degree of R&D, receiving greater amount of technology and transforming themselves into more integrated production units over time. The present study aims at investigating the validity of above propositions. More precisely, the study is envisaged to assess the impact of FDI on technology transfer, R&D activities, and technological capability building of the host economy. The electrical appliance industry of Thailand has been taken into account for measuring this influence. The study found that the parent companies have transfetTed knowledge and info1mation to the local subsidiary to develop skills and abilities that are barely sufficient to run the operation of plant. The skills and abilities of the local people are confined only to production and operation level and up to lower level of complexity. The parent companies did not pay any attention to develop skills and abilities of the local people for undertaking innovative and R&D activities. So these units are not fully integrated production units, rather truncated in nature, where some important elements of the production system are missing. Electric industries Foreign ownership Thailand Electronic industries Technology transfer Thailand Paul, Himangshu, Chairperson Islam, M. Nazrul, Examination committee Amin, A.T.M. Nurul, Examination Committee Government of Norway, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ; no. SM-01-114 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B11615 .b11856853 mnait u 240618 0 020709 m a u 0 mnait mnait mnarc mnarc mnarc mnarc 20 22 40 Barcode : 30050120914238 CREATED : 2002-06-14 RECORD # : i12285717 LPATRON : 1016153 LCHKIN : 2004-03-02 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 1 Barcode : 30050120996136 CREATED : 2002-06-14 RECORD # : i12285729 LPATRON : 1015076 LCHKIN : 2004-09-22 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120608996 CREATED : 2012-10-10 RECORD # : i12702742 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050160080619 CREATED : 2016-05-18 RECORD # : i1298128x LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120908719 CREATED : 2020-02-23 RECORD # : i13262786 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120985675 CREATED : 2020-05-24 RECORD # : i13271556 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 46503 46503 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT RSPR no. SM-01-114 30050120914238 2026-08-18 11:42:53 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT RSPR no. SM-01-114 30050120996136 2026-08-18 11:42:53 2 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT RSPR no. SM-01-114 30050120608996 2026-08-18 11:42:53 3 2026-08-18 22 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT RSPR no. SM-01-114 30050160080619 2026-08-18 11:42:53 1 2026-08-18 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT RSPR no. SM-01-114 30050120908719 2026-08-18 11:42:53 4 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT RSPR no. SM-01-114 30050120985675 2026-08-18 11:42:53 5 2026-08-18 20