1Assistant Professor, School of Fashion Technology, Lovely Professional University, India
2Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, India
*Corresponding author e-mail: roopam.17874@lpu.co.in
Online published on 27 April, 2016.
Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) plays an integral and vital role in contributing towards the growth of nation's economy. Technology Transfer is a determinant factor of the competitiveness of SMEs, and the lag in technology can be regarded as one of the major constraint for developing of a competitive and sustainable SMEs. In this study, an attempt has been made to analyze the barriers which affect technology transfer in small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) Apparel manufacturing industries in Ludhiana (Punjab) and to gauge the significance of each so as to establish enablers to ensure smooth transition of Technology from source to sink. Data collected through a structured questionnaire was analyzed using statistical tools such as SPSS-20 to establish correlation between dependent and independent variables. The preliminary study gives indicative results showing reasonable and weak significance of independent variable.
Small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs), Technology Transfer (TT), Barriers, Correlation, Multiple Regression, SPSS-20
