Technology Transfer, Dependence, and Self-Reliant Development in the Third World: The Pharmaceutical and Machine Tool Industries in India

Author:   Sunil K. Sahu
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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9780275959616


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   09 December 1998
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Technology Transfer, Dependence, and Self-Reliant Development in the Third World: The Pharmaceutical and Machine Tool Industries in India


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To understand technological dependence and self-reliance in the manufacturing industries of the Third World, Sahu tests the main propositions of the two theories on technology transfer. He focuses particularly on understanding the shifting bargaining power of the multinationals, the state and private national capital; the process of acquisition, assimilation, adaptation, and generation of technology at the firm level; the role of the public sector and state regulations and control in the development of technological capability and self-reliant development; the conditions—domestic and international—that allow a developing country to move from a situation of dependency to self-reliance; and the phenomenon of reverse flow of technology from the Third World. According to Sahu, dependency theory is inadequate because of its structural mode of analysis, which portrays dependency as a determinant international structure rather than as a set of shifting constraints within which states seek to maneuver. Though its single-cause explanation of technological dependence in the Third World is helpful in explaining the phenomenon of the technological gap between India and its technology suppliers, it does not explain the growing bargaining power of the state and the national capital vis-a-vis multinationals in the last two decades. But according to Professor Sahu, the more sophisticated and dynamic bargaining framework, which considers dependency to be one of the many possible outcomes of technology transfer, helps researchers better understand the changing situations of developing countries, particularly the Indian situation since the early 1970s. An important study for researchers and policy makers dealing with economic development in emerging markets, particularly India.

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Author:   Sunil K. Sahu
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9780275959616


ISBN 10:   0275959619
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   09 December 1998
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction Theoretical Approaches to Technology Transfer Technology Transfer and the Indian Experience The Structure of the Pharmaceutical Industry and Its Development in the Third World From Dependence to Relative Self-Reliance in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry Technology Transfer and the Development of Technological Capability in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry Global Machine-Tool Industry and Technological Development in the Indian Machine-Tool Industry Technological Self-Reliance in the Indian Machine-Tool Industry: The Case of Hindustan Machine-Tool Company Conclusion Bibliography

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SUNIL K. SAHU is Associate Professor of Political Science at DePauw University. He has published numerous articles and essays on Third World development and South Asian politics.

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