Technology acquisition in functional chemicals - an empirical study on phase difference film

FPD films have a large market size in the functional chemical industry and it has a great significance to study the method of technology acquisition. In this study, we conducted a comparative research on the technology acquisition method of equivalent products for each organization with or without raw materials of phase difference films. The result of this study indicated that no significant differences were seen for a product development between with or without raw materials, however during a process development, it indicated that organizations holding raw materials had a higher level of technology accumulation during the phase of a production process and are capable of conducting product development more effectively.