Technology Transfer in the Developing Countries

✍ Scribed by Manas Chatterji (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 406
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The objective of this book is to present the problems and possibilities of transferring technology from the developed countries to the developing countries to raise their standard of living. It develops the conceptual issues, legal ramifications, empirical testing of mathematical models and case studies of different industries in many countries. It contains articles by distinguished scholars in the field, practitioners and government officials. It is an important supplement to the hands-on approach used by many private industries and national and international organizations. The unique feature of this book is that it is multidisciplinary and that it has a balanced combination of abstract theoretical approaches and practical considerations.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Innovation, Management and Diffusion of Technology: A Survey of Literature....Pages 3-18
Technology Transfer, Adaptation and Generation: A Framework for Evaluation....Pages 19-26
Analytical Perspectives on Technology Transfer....Pages 27-35
The Development of Technological and Managerial Capability in the Developing Countries....Pages 36-50
The Characteristics of Technology and the Development Process: Some Introductory Notes....Pages 51-75
Spatial Dynamics, Innovation and Infrastructure: A Long Wave View of Regional Development in Developing and Developed Countries....Pages 76-93
Achieving Technology-based Competitiveness in Developing Countries....Pages 94-103
Technology Transfer and Economic Growth in the Less-developed Countries: A Technology Gap Approach....Pages 104-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Technological Mobility and Cultural Constraints....Pages 119-128
Prevention of Dysfunctional Environmental and Social Conditions in Technology Transfer....Pages 129-139
Technology Transfer and Rural-Urban Dualism....Pages 140-151
Factors influencing the Transfer of High Technology to the Developing Countries....Pages 152-165
The Economic Role Model for Science and Technology: Generation, Transfer and Use....Pages 166-179
Consumer Choice in the Creation of High Technology Products in a Developing Country....Pages 180-192
Division of Labour and Infrastructure in Technology Transfer....Pages 193-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Microcomputer Applications for Social and Physical Infrastructure Planning....Pages 211-224
Microcomputer Applications in Urban and Regional Planning in the Developing Countries....Pages 225-235
The Use of Intelligent Systems for Social and Economic Development....Pages 236-248
Issues Related to Nuclear Energy Transfer to Developing Countries....Pages 249-261
Transnational Corporations and Ocean Technology Transfer....Pages 262-272
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Robots and the Imitation Process: Japan and the USA....Pages 273-280
Unconventional Technology Transfer and High-tech Development: The Case of Informatics in Newly Industrialising Countries....Pages 281-290
Technology and Global Economic Security....Pages 291-303
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Institutional Factors and Government Policies for Appropriate Technologies in South-east Asia....Pages 307-319
Information Technology Transfer: The Singapore Strategy....Pages 320-334
Role of Transnational Corporations in Transfer of Technology to Singapore....Pages 335-344
Technology Transfer and the People’s Republic of China....Pages 345-352
Technology Transfer and Maghreb Economic Integration: Current Issues and Future Prospects....Pages 353-363
The Dynamics of Corporate Technology Transfer to Nigeria....Pages 364-374
Back Matter....Pages 375-383

✦ Subjects

Development Economics;Industries;Engineering, general