| The sustainable economic growth of any country relies heavily on its firms' ability to develop new products or services. In the global marketplace, Canada lags behind other countries in commercializing new products or services. The Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) annual report, published in June 2008, ranked Canada 13th out of 17 developed countries in their ability to produce new and improved goods and services. Other reports from the CBoC and Industry Canada highlight the importance of commercialization and their concern that Canadian companies are unable to succeed in commercialization. The situation is critical because Canada has been performing poorly in this category for more than a decade; this deficiency means that Canada is becoming less competitive and the Canadian productivity level is decreasing.;The results of this study highlight the association between the organizational capabilities and technology commercialization performance. It also demonstrates the impact of strategic alliance on functional capabilities and the effect of organizational resources on technology commercialization performance. This study contributes to the debate of whether or not small- and medium-sized companies should be treated separately by empirically testing the difference in their technology commercialization performance.;This thesis investigates the organizational capabilities that allow organizations to efficiently and effectively commercialize technology. Using the resource-based view theory, a theoretical framework is developed that links the firm's marketing capabilities, manufacturing capabilities, R&D capabilities, and integration capabilities with its technology commercialization performance. This framework was tested empirically based on the data from more than 200 small- and medium-sized Canadian manufacturing firms. |
