Factors Affecting Government Technology Transfers: Electronic Procurement in the Thai Government
Keywords:
Government technology transfer, e-GP, electronic procurement, government innovation, exploratory factor analysisAbstract
This study aims to identify factors behind successful technology transfers between the central government and other government organizations and state enterprises. The research focuses on the context of Electronic Government Procurement or e-GP and sender and receiver characteristics within the context of technology transfer, absorptive capacity, and government technology transfer theories. Data were collected via specialist interviews and a questionnaire distributed to a sample of respondents from organizations that had most decreased their procurement costs through the use of an e-GP system; namely, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), the Department of Highways, and the Department of Rural Roads. A total of 500 usable questionnaires were collected (a 96.15 percent response rate). Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used in the data analysis. The results indicate a number of differences between senders and receivers. Among the three dimensions of sender characteristics, the most important was sender willingness. Of the three receiver characteristics, the most important was their absorptive capacityง
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Waroonkun, T., & Stewart, R. (2008). Modeling the international technology transfer process in construction projects: Evidence from Thailand. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 33(6), 667-687.
Xu, Q., & Ma, Q. (2008). Determinants of ERP implementation knowledge transfer. Information & Management, 45(8), 528-539.
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