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.

Preface - List of Tables - List of Figures - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction - SECTION 1 CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION - Innovation, Management and Diffusion of Technology; M.Chatterji - Technology Transfer, Adaptation and Generation: A Framework for Evaluation; R.Kaplinsky - Analytical Perspectives on Technology Transfer; B.Aasen et al - The Development of Technological and Managerial Capability in the Developing Countries; N.Chantramonklasri - The Characteristics of Technology and the Development Process: Some Introductory Notes; M.Cimoli & G.Dosi - Spatial Dynamics, Innovation and Infrastructure: A Long Wave View of Regional Development in Developing and Developed Countries; P.Nijkamp - Achieving Technology-based Competitiveness in Developing Countries; D.J.Roessner & A.L.Porter - Technology Transfer and Economic Growth in the Less Developed Countries: A Technology Gap Approach; Z.A.Karake - SECTION 2 STRATEGIC DIMENSION OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - Technological Mobility and Cultural Constraints; B.Padgett - Prevention of Dysfunctional Environmental and Social Conditions in Technology Transfer; K.Saeed - Technology Transfer and Rural-Urban Dualism; P.Basu - International Regulation of High Technology to the Developed Countries; T.A.Siddiqi - The Economic Role for Science and Technology: Generation, Transfer and Use; P.L.M.Heydemann - Consumer Choice in the Creation of High Tech Products in a Developing Country; T.Yamashita - Division of Labor and Infrastructure in Technology Transfer A.Lorentzen - SECTION 3 THE USE OF SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Micro-computer Applications for Social and Physical Infrastructure Planning; P.W.Newton et al - Microcomputer Applications in Urban and Regional Planning in the Developing Countries; G.G.Van der Meulen - The Use of Intelligent Systems for Social and Economic Development; R.Sadananda - Issues Related to Nuclear Energy Transfer to Developing Countries; R.P.Chaturvedi - Transnational Corporations and Ocean Technology Transfer; C.Gopalakrishnan - Robots and the Imitation Process: Japan and the United States; E.Mansfield - Unconventional Technology Transfer and High-Tech Development in Newly Industrialized Countries; J.Meyer-Stamer - Technology and Global Economic Security; D.Ernst - SECTION 4 SOME NATIONAL CASE STUDIES OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER - Institutional Factors and Government Policies for Appropriate Technologies in Southeast Asia; S.Ichimura - Information Technology Transfer: The Singapore Strategy; A.L.Gilbert - Role of Transnational Corporations in Transfer of Technology to Singapore; T.Thiam-Soon & T.Chwee Huat - Technology Transfer and the People's Republic of China; S.Stewart - Technology Transfer and Maghreb Economic Integration: Current Issues and Future Prospects; A.Djeflat - The Dynamics of Corporate Technology Transfer to Nigeria; A.O.Olukoshi - Index

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