SAVUNMA SANAYİİ İÇİN TEKNOLOJİ TRANSFER YÖNTEMİ SEÇİMİ SELECTION OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER METHOD FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY

Characteristics of defence industry, apart from other industries, requires production of unique and national technologies, rapid adaptation to developing technologies and secrecy. Different features of the industry play an active role on the decision of technology transfer method selection. In this direction, with this study it is aimed to determine the criteria used in the selection of technology transfer method in defence industry and the most appropriate transfer method for this industry in consideration of these criteria. By presenting the technology transfer methods available in the literature, firstly it is determined which methods are used commonly in the defence industry. After that, the general criteria and the criteria peculiar to defence industry which are effective on selecting technology transfer method are determined. Finally, those criteria and methods evaluated with Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). In the study, it is mainly benefited from expert opinions together with the literature. Our results reveal that the most effective criteria for the selection of technology transfer methods in the defence industry are production of national products and the enhancement of R&D capacity and the most appropriate technology transfer methods are R&D collaborations and joint ventures.

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