This article provides a holistic view of technology
transfers during outsourcing.
The idea of materialising innovations, technological
advancements and the desire to achieve competitive edge in research
and development, thrusts organisations to move towards testing
different options and generate innovative products. Restricted
research and development in a particular field could sometimes
handicap an organisation from its competitors. Hence, there is a
need for cross domain research that cuts across various
applications and technologies, possibly achieved by way of
collaborations or sometimes through outsourcing.
The very concept of Outsourcing is one of the by-products of
globalisation, depicting a different facet of Intellectual Property
(IP) and technology, in general. In other words, this area requires
at its very infancy, identification of which party is giving or
contributing its technology, possibly an IP towards creation of a
new IP, through outsourcing;
