Enhancing technological capabilities in the Malaysian
indigenous electronics industry. Given the direction of this research, the
author devoted a chapter to significant research issues linked to national
technology policy, corporate technology strategies and developing technological
capabilities all leading to global competitive advantages. At the national level, the researcher looked at the evolution of technology policy, apparent directions of
policy in Malaysia at the time of the research, and the impact of institutional
structure incentives and funds linked to policies and then presented a review of
adequacy of government measures.
This was followed by a section focusing on internal or enterprise technology
strategies with an emphasis on key variables involved in such strategies. This
was concluded with a critical appraisal of enterprise strategies linked to national
policies in Malaysia.
Whether the SME research focused on management practices, factors influencing
growth and development, characteristics of enterprises and owners or style and
success of managers, researchers invariably found that there were significant
areas of policy important from the point of view of national strategies and
individual enterprise strategies. This is to be expected and applauded