Organizing global technology flows : institutions, actors, and processes /
Title By: Donzé, Pierre-Yves [Editor.] | Nishimura, Shigehiro [Editor.]
Material type: BookSeries: Routledge international studies in business history ; 24.Publisher: New York : Routledge, c2013.Description: xviii, 265 p. ; ill. : 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415843904 (hardback)Subject(s): International business enterprises -- Technological innovations | Technology transfer | Technological innovations -- Economic aspects | Economic development | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic DevelopmentDDC classification: 338/.064 Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 338.064 OR GA (Browse shelf) | Available | T0010437 |
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338.064 MA VA Value creation and the Internet of things : | 338.064 NE WF New frontiers in social innovation research / | 338.064 NE WF New frontiers in social innovation research / | 338.064 OR GA Organizing global technology flows : | 338.064 OR WT WTF : | 338.064 PA ST Structural economic dynamics : | 338.064 RE VO Revolutionizing innovation : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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"--