Technology Transfer and Business Enterprise

ISBN-13: 9781852787271 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 712 str.

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The essays in this volume have been chosen to illustrate the diversity of scholarship which has been directed towards understanding the complex process of technology transfer in its business contexts. The first part considers the theory and process of technology transfer as developed by economists, sociologists and historians. The remainder of the volume presents essays and excerpts on the agencies of technology transfer, artisans and professionals, the state, private business and multinational enterprise. The papers range from the 18th century to the present and cover industries from coal and textiles to computers and motor vehicles, in countries as diverse as Britain, the US, Japan, South Korea and India.