CONTENTS
CHAPTER ITEM PAGE
DECLARATION DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT
CONTENT LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES ii
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INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of Research 1.2 Problem Statement
1.3 Research Question 1.4 Research Objective
1.5 Scope of Research 1.6 Limitation of Research
1.7 Importance of Research 1.8 Conclusion
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2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction Of Literature Review 2.2 Importance Of Technology Financial Funding
For The Profit-Basis Organization 2.3 Development Of Employee’s Skills
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2.4 Overview On Technology Capability, Technology Transfer And Technology Transfer In
Oil And Gas Industry 2.5 Developing Firm’s Technological Capabilities
and Elements Of Technological Capability 2.6 Government Support And Policies
2.7 Technology Gap Among Developing and Developed Nations
2.8 Conclusion 12
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3 RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Introduction 3.2 Theoretical Framework
3.3 Hypothesis Development 3.4 Research Design
3.5 Sources of Data 3.6 Data Collection
3.7 Data Analysis 3.8 Validity Reliability
3.9 Budget 3.10 Conclusion
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4 RESEARCH FINDINGS DISCUSSIONS
4.1 Introduction 4.2 Reliability Analysis
4.3 Frequency Analysis 4.4 Correlation Coefficient Analysis
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5 CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS
LIMITATIONS OF RESEARCH
5.1 Introduction 5.2 Conclusion of Research
5.3 Recommendations 5.4 Limitations of Research
5.5 Conclusion
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REFERENCES APPENDIX
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLES TITLE
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Table 4.1 Rule of Thumbs for reliability
29 testing analysis
Table 4.2 Reliability statistic table of
30 sub-section B a b
Table 4.3 Reliability item statistics for
31 sub-section B a b
Table 4.4 Reliability statistic table of
32 sub-section B c, d e
Table 4.5 Reliability item statistics for
33 sub-section B c, d e
Table 4.6 Frequency table for respondents age
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Table 4.7 Frequency table for respondents
37 highest education level
Table 4.8 Frequency table for respondents department
38 Table 4.9 Frequency table for respondents 39
working experience years Table 4.10
Frequency table for offered bidding offers received 40
Table 4.11 Frequency table for winning bidding contract
41 Table 4.12
Frequency table for Awareness of fabricators 42
categorization by PETRONAS Table 4.13
Frequency table for minor fabricator category 43
Table 4.14 Frequency table for medium fabricator category
44 Table 4.15
Frequency table for major fabricator category 45
Table 4.16 Frequency table for importance of
46 technological capability
Table 4.17 Frequency table of usage of local fabrication
47 technology
Table 4.18 Frequency table for usage of local and
48 international fabrication technology
Table 4.19 Frequency table for usage of 49 non-Malaysian expertise
Table 4.20
Frequency table of integration usage of 50
Malaysian and non-Malaysian expertise
Table 4.21 Frequency table for consideration of
51 employees capability
Table 4.22 Frequency table of importance of technology
52 Table 4.23
Frequency table of independent financial funding 53
Table 4.24 Frequency table of dependent financial funding
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Frequency table of local ownership of 55
dependent financial funding
Table 4.26 Frequency table of international ownership of
56 dependent financial funding
Table 4.27 Frequency table of importance of financial funding
57 Table 4.28
Rule of Thumbs Correlation Coefficient Size 58
by Babbie et al. 2007
Table 4.29 Correlation Coefficient for Mean of
59 Dependent Variable DV with Mean
of Independent Variable IV Fabrication technology, Employee’s skills and Financial funding
Table 4.30 Correlation coefficient for
61 Mean of independent variable of employee’s skills.
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURES TITLE PAGE
Figure 2.1 Dynamic interacting
14 components of technology Cohen, 2004
Figure 2.2 Exhibit 7 Key Elements of
17 Technological Capability
Figure 3.1 Theoretical research framework
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background Of Research
