02388nam a2200253   450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000230007324500740009626000520017030000200022249000520024250001480029450200830044252012240052565000230174965000370177270000370180970000440184670000410189071000540193181000840198585600650206920260818154706.0160998s1998    th      r     000|0 eng d  a.b117244201 aPandey, Bikram Raj10aMeasurement of technology :ba case study in a sugar factory in Nepal  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c1998  a55, [17] leaves1 aResearch studies project report ;vno. SM-98-62  aA research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. School of Management  aResearch Studies Project Report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1998  aIn the business arena of today's world, technology has emerged as an important  competitive tool. However, to use technology as a competitive weapon it has become  essential to know where the current technological standing of the firm is vis-a-vis that of  the state-of-the-art. This could help in the assessment of the strengths and the weaknesses  of one's technological standing. Inability to measure technological aspects is one of the  deficiencies of the widely used measurement indicators and methodologies. This paper is  an attempt towards the establishment of a methodology to measure technology by looking  at the components of technology. A sugar factory in Nepal has been taken for the  illustration of the methodology and indicators. The results suggest that though sugar  production is a more or less standardized process technology there still are weak  components of this technology that can be or has to be upgraded from the technology  component contribution perspective. It then implies that the results and the information it  carries can be used by the technology policy and decision makers for the upgradation of  the different components at the firm as well as at the industry or national level. 0aSugar tradezNepal 0aTechnological innovationszNepal1 aRamanathan, K.,eChairperson    1 aTang, John C.S.,eExamination Committee1 aDo, Ba Khang,eExamination Committee2 aAsian Institute of Technology,eScholarship donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tResearch studies project report ;vno. SM-98-62  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B12930