Gain Or Lost

GAIN OR LOST IN KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AT SERDANG HIGH-TECHNOLOGY PARK (SHT) 06-01-02-SF0394 Dr Abd Hair Awang Dr Jalaluddin Abdul Malek Dr Mohd Yusof Hussain En. Mohamad Shafari B. Rusli Center of Social, Development and Environmental Studies Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Malaysia [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], ABSTRACT Knowledge transfer can be defined in multi-dimensional perspectives such as processes of knowledge creation and application, knowledge mobilization and exchange, information search and transformation, and learning process at the workplace and outside workplace. Moving towards knowledge based economy Malaysia has recognized the importance of knowledge workers in order to develop various technologies, to improve productivities and continues to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). The success of companies in knowledge based economy today, lies more on its knowledge and intellectual capital than on other resources. Therefore, transferring knowledge from foreign Multinational Corporations (MNC) to local workforces is a basic step for future sustainable competitive advantages. However, offshore direct investments from foreign MNCs are strategies in manipulation of local expertise knowledge. This study focuses on

comparing the knowledge inflow and outflow of Bumiputera professional workforces at Serdang High-Technology Park (SHT).