Technology Transfer in the Developing Countries

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, empirica

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Also by Manas Chatterji ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT FOR TIIE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (editor) ENERGY, REGIONAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY (editor with P. van Rompuy) ENVIRONMENT, REGIONAL SCIENCE AND INTERREGIONAL MODELING (editor with P. van Rompuy) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISPOSAL: Siting and Management (editor) HEALTII CARE COST CONTAINMENT IN NEW YORK: Problems and Possibilities (editor) HEALTII CARE COST CONTAINMENT POLlCY: An Econometric Study MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SCIENCE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEW FRONTIERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE (editor with Robert Kuenne) SPACE LOCATION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (editor) SPATIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND RESOURCE POLICY IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (co-editor) TIIE DYNAMICS OF REGIONAL CHANGE (editor with Robert Kuenne)

Technology Transfer in the Developing Countries Edited by

Manas Chatterji Professor of Management and Economics State University of New York at Binghamton

Palgrave Macmillan

ISBN 978-1-349-20560-8 ISBN 978-1-349-20558-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-20558-5

© Manas Chatterji,

1990

Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1990

All rights reserved. For information, write: Seholarly and Referenee Division, St. Martin's Press, Ine., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 First published in the United States of Ameriea in 1990 ISBN 978-0-312-03679-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publieation Data Teehnology transfer in the developing eountries/edited by Manas Chatterji. p. em. Some of the articles were seleeted from papers presented at an International Conferenee on Teehnology Transfer in the Developing Countries held at the Asian Institute of Teehnology, Bangkok, Thailand, in January 1988. ISBN 978-0-312-03679-9

1. Teehnology transfer-Developing eountries.

I. Chatterji, Manas, 1937- . 11. International Conferenee on Teehnology Transfer in the Developing Countries (1988: Asian Institute of Teehnology) T174.3.T392 1990 338.9'26'091724--de20 89-37929 CIP

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List of Tables

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Notes on the Contributors

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Abbreviations

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Introduction PART I

CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION

1 Innovation, Management and Diffusion of Technology Manas Chatterji 2 Technology Transfer, Adaptation and Generation: A Framework for Evaluation Raphael Kaplinsky 3 Analytical Perspectives on Technology Transfer Berit Aasen, Erik Ransen, Ann-Therese Lotherington, Aasmund Stenseth, and Rarold Wilhite

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4 The Development of Technological and Managerial Capability in the Developing Countries Nit Chantramonklasri

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5 The Characteristics of Technology and the Development Process: Some Introductory Notes Mario Cimoli and Giovanni Dosi

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6 Spatial Dynamies, Innovation and Infrastructure: A Long-wave View of Regional Development in Developing and Developed Countries Peter Nijkamp vii

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7 Achieving Technology-based Competitiveness in Developing Countries J. David Roessner and Alan L. Porter 8 Technology Transfer and Economic Growth in the Less-developed Countries: A Technology