A Re-Examination of Technology Transfer in Sino-Foreign Joint Ventures after China's WTO Accession

Although technology transfer in Sino-foreign joint ventures has been extensively investigated by both of Chinese and Western scholars, China's WTO accession and continuously increased FDI absorption will significantly accelerate the competitiveness in Chinese market. Accordingly, MNCs are supposed to change their strategies in terms of technology transfer in compliance with more competitive environment in Chinese business context. Therefore, this research empirically investigates the new changes of technology transfer in Sino-foreign joint ventures given such new circumstances. Through adopting the qualitative research approaches: in-depth interview and case study, the author extends the theory of technology transfer in Sino-foreign joint ventures by means of advocating some new propositions