In particular, the different strategies the `Tiger’ economies used to access and absorb foreign technologies, and the interaction of technology imports with domestic technological effort, have not been sufficiently explored.

Contents Preface and acknowledgements 1 Introduction and overview Sanjaya Lall and Shujiro Urata 2 Foreign direct investment, technology development and competitiveness: issues and evidence Sanjaya Lall 3 Competitiveness and technology: an international comparison Hiroki Kawai and Shujiro Urata 4 Building technological capabilities with or without inward direct investment: the case of Japan Akira Goto and Hiroyuki Odagiri 5 Overseas R&D activities and intra-firm technology transfer: the case of Japanese multinationals Shujiro Urata and Hiroki Kawai 6 The dynamics of technology development: lessons from the Korea experience Linsu Kim 7 Technology acquisition and development in Taiwan Bee-Yan Aw 8 From using to creating technology: the evolution of Singapore’s national innovation system and the changing role of public policy Poh Kam Wong 9 In search of balance: technological development in China Yang Yao 10 Can the Philippines ever catch up? Joy V. Abrenica and Gwendolyn R. Tecson 11 Industrial technology transition in Malaysia Rajah Rasiah 12 Foreign direct investment, technology and competitiveness in Thailand Peter Brimble 13 Technology development in Indonesia Yumiko Okamoto and Fredrik Sjöholm Index