Research on the international transfer of technology in economics and management literature has primarily focused on the role of countries and that of companies, in particular multinational enterprises (MNEs). Similarly, economic and business historians have tended to view international technology transfer as a way for economically ?backward? countries to acquire new technologies in order to catch up with more developed economies. This volume provides a more in-depth understanding of how the international transfer of technologies is organized and, in particular, challenges the core-periphery model that is still dominant in the extant literature. By looking beyond national systems of innovation, and statistics on foreign trade, patent registration and foreign direct investment, the book sheds more light on the variety of actors involved in the transfer process (including engineers, entrepreneurs, governments, public bodies, firms, etc.) and on how they make use of a broad set of national and international institutions facilitating technology transfer. Put differently, the volume offers a better understanding of the complexity of global technology flows by examining the role and actions of the different actors involved. By bringing together a number of original case studies covering many different countries over the period from the late 19th to the 21st century, the book demonstrates how technology is being transferred through complex processes, involving a variety of actors from several countries using the national and international institutional frameworks.
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9781135013578, 9781135013561, 9781306132398, 9781135013554, 9780203752982, 1135013578, 113501356X, 1306132398, 1135013551, 0203752988, 9780415843904, 0415843901
Organizing Global Technology Flows Ebook
Institutions, Actors, and Processes
By: Pierre-Yves Donz?
Publisher:
Routledge
Print ISBN: 9781138339910, 1138339911
eText ISBN: 9781135013561, 113501356X
Edition: 1st
Pages: 284
Copyright year: 2014
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