Subcontracting system - A platform fostering technology transfer in the Hong Kong building projects

It is a common practice for main contractors of Hong Kong building projects to sublet most of their works to subcontractors.This approach has been in operation for a long period of time as a strategy to deal with long-term environmental uncertainties and to buffer the technical core of main contract...

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Main Authors: Ng, Andy K. W., Chan, Caroline T. W.
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Language:English
Published: 2010
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spelling my.uum.repo.111602014-06-01T08:28:56Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/11160/ Subcontracting system - A platform fostering technology transfer in the Hong Kong building projects Ng, Andy K. W. Chan, Caroline T. W. HD28 Management. Industrial Management It is a common practice for main contractors of Hong Kong building projects to sublet most of their works to subcontractors.This approach has been in operation for a long period of time as a strategy to deal with long-term environmental uncertainties and to buffer the technical core of main contractors against short-term contingencies.Technology transfer can foster the growth of indigenous technological capacity of the local industry.This paper presents the questionnaire survey to investigate whether the local multilayered subcontracting system can function effectively as a platform for technology transfer. 2010-05-25 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/11160/1/PG271_276.pdf Ng, Andy K. W. and Chan, Caroline T. W. (2010) Subcontracting system - A platform fostering technology transfer in the Hong Kong building projects. In: Knowledge Management International Conference 2010 (KMICe2010), 25-27 May 2010, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my
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Ng, Andy K. W.
Chan, Caroline T. W.
Subcontracting system - A platform fostering technology transfer in the Hong Kong building projects
description It is a common practice for main contractors of Hong Kong building projects to sublet most of their works to subcontractors.This approach has been in operation for a long period of time as a strategy to deal with long-term environmental uncertainties and to buffer the technical core of main contractors against short-term contingencies.Technology transfer can foster the growth of indigenous technological capacity of the local industry.This paper presents the questionnaire survey to investigate whether the local multilayered subcontracting system can function effectively as a platform for technology transfer.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ng, Andy K. W.
Chan, Caroline T. W.
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Chan, Caroline T. W.
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title Subcontracting system - A platform fostering technology transfer in the Hong Kong building projects
title_short Subcontracting system - A platform fostering technology transfer in the Hong Kong building projects
title_full Subcontracting system - A platform fostering technology transfer in the Hong Kong building projects
title_fullStr Subcontracting system - A platform fostering technology transfer in the Hong Kong building projects
title_full_unstemmed Subcontracting system - A platform fostering technology transfer in the Hong Kong building projects
title_sort subcontracting system - a platform fostering technology transfer in the hong kong building projects
publishDate 2010
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/11160/1/PG271_276.pdf
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http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my
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