SELECTION AND EVALUATION OF TRANSFER TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

Technological development is not a process determined only by the technology itself, the characteristics of which are largely decisive. Technology must be absorbed by an initially foreign system, in which a series of process-factors manifests itself, such as: strategy, top management, organization (company), technology and environment. The results are determined by each of these factors, but especially by the interactions, the connections between them. This paper develops a methodology for selecting and evaluating technologies for transfer based on groups of evaluation criteria (strategic, financial, industry / market technology consumers, internal, technological specifications, intangible effects) with the assignment of points (prioritization) starting from the performance descriptors for each criterion. The role of performance descriptors is not only to elucidate the relative value of technologies, but also to do so as objectively as possible.

Keywords

• technology management
• technology transfer
• success factors
• technology selection and evaluation
• evaluation criteria
• industry 4.0
• advanced manufacturing technology