DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2018.
Fourth Semester
MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND
ABSORPTION
(Upto 2012-13 Academic Year and 2013 Calendar Year)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. What do you mean by 'Technology Acquisition' and why
should you acquire it?
2. Enumerate the distinctions between CBD and TRIPS.
3. Can outsourcing be an alternative to technology transfer?
Justify with an example.
4. Enumerate the major constraints in absorption of
technology.
5. What is 'patent citation' and what purpose does ii serve?
6. Taxation issues complicate technology absorption in
India. Justify.
7. What is compulsory licensing under TRIPS?
8. Write short notes on: Royalty fee.
Sub. Code
43
DE-4204
WSS
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SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
9. Examine the role of intellectual property in technology
transfer.
10. Justify whether IPR standards can be relaxed to
encourage transfer of technology in ESTs.
11. Explain the market channels available to technology
transfer.
12. Discuss the human capital barriers to technological
absorption and innovation.
13. Explain the mechanism of rate of diffusion according to
Everett M. Rogers.
14. Critically examine the status of technology absorption in
India.
15. Brief the disagreements on implementation of WTO
article 66.2.
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