In our previous article we examined staff who had left the Irish subsi diaries of a major multi-national company, to see how far they might possess the capacity to transfer technology when they moved [Onyena dum and Tomlin, 1984]. We showed that leavers could be divided into three groups: those with technician-level qualifications or lower, gra duates with prior experience, and graduates who were recruited direct from university. Each group, for different reasons, was regarded as having ample potential for technology transfer. In this article we examine the organizations they worked in after leaving, to see how far they might possess the capacity to receive technology. Our next article will deal with the extent to which the executive positions taken up by leavers facilitate transfer. It will be remembered from the previous article that only 116 out of 155 could be traced (and that only 82 of those traced could be interviewed). It is probable that a substantial proportion of those who could not be traced are now overseas. Our study is therefore confined to those who either remained in Ireland or returned to it.