Title :
Fault-tree analysis of technological failures
Author :
Madan Mohan, T.R.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Rural Manage., Anand
Abstract :
The technological development process at the company level in a developing country is a complex, longitudinal process and is laden with many a failure. Failures can be either at the adoption, adaptation or innovation stages. This article, based on a field study of 89 manufacturing firms in the Indian capital goods sector, presents technological failures occurring at different stages. Results show that inappropriate selection, lack of focused adoption, and lack of focused adaptation are the primary causes of technological failures
Keywords :
failure analysis; manufacture; reliability theory; technology transfer; Indian capital goods sector; adaptation stage; adoption stage; company level; developing country; fault-tree analysis; inappropriate selection; innovation stage; longitudinal process; manufacturing firms; technological development process; technological failures; Appropriate technology; Costs; Failure analysis; Fertilizers; Government; Independent component analysis; Manufacturing; Performance analysis; Technology management; Time factors;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Management Conference, 1993. Managing Projects in a Borderless World. Pre Conference Proceedings., 1993 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1763-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.1993.316487
