Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationships between technology transfer, innovation and firm performance.

Design/methodology/approach

The relationship between technology transfer, innovation and firm performance is examined by using data obtained from 252 Turkish export firms, which are among the top 1,000 firms in terms of export volume in Turkey. To examine these relationships, a theoretical framework is empirically tested using structural equation modeling and tested via an empirical study of Turkish export companies.

Findings

The results of this study can benefit policymakers in government at the national level and company decision-makers at the firm level. Furthermore, an understanding of the relationship between technology transfer, innovation and firm performance may help firms to make correct technology transfer decisions and focus on the correct type of innovation to increase firm performance in practice. The findings indicate the positive effects of technology transfer on innovation and firm performance. In addition, innovation mediates the relationship between technology transfer and firm performance in Turkish export companies. This study suggests that decision-makers should transfer the right technology because well-realized technology transfers lead to the improvement of corporate innovation capacities and improvement of firm performances for export companies.

Originality/value

There is no study that fully examined the relationship between technology transfer, innovation and firm performance. The proposed literature-based theoretical framework in this study is novel for Turkish export companies.

中文翻译：

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技术转让及其对创新和企业绩效的影响：来自土耳其出口公司的经验证据

目的

本研究的目的是确定技术转让、创新和企业绩效之间的关系。

设计/方法/方法

通过使用从 252 家土耳其出口公司获得的数据来检验技术转让、创新和公司绩效之间的关系，这些公司是土耳其出口量排名前 1,000 的公司。为了检查这些关系，使用结构方程模型对理论框架进行了实证检验，并通过对土耳其出口公司的实证研究进行了检验。

发现

这项研究的结果可以使国家层面的政府决策者和公司层面的公司决策者受益。此外，了解技术转让、创新和企业绩效之间的关系可以帮助企业做出正确的技术转让决策，并专注于正确的创新类型，以提高企业在实践中的绩效。研究结果表明技术转让对创新和公司绩效的积极影响。此外，创新在土耳其出口公司的技术转让和公司业绩之间起到中介作用。这项研究表明，决策者应该转让正确的技术，因为良好实现的技术转让可以提高企业创新能力并提高出口公司的企业绩效。

原创性/价值

没有研究全面考察技术转让、创新和企业绩效之间的关系。本研究中提出的基于文献的理论框架对土耳其出口公司来说是新颖的。