Fostering technology absorption in Southern African enterprises.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldberg, Itzhak, 1947-

Kuriakose, Smita.

World Bank.

Series:

Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Private sector development

Directions in development. Private sector development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology transfer--Africa, Southern.

Technology transfer.

Technological innovations--Africa, Southern.

Technological innovations.

Investments, Foreign--Africa, Southern.

Investments, Foreign.

Economic policy.

Africa, Southern--Economic policy.

Africa, Southern.

Southern Africa.

Physical Description:

xviii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2011]

Summary:

Economists from The World Bank and from South African universities examine how companies in southern Africa absorb technology and how policy makers can hurry the process along. They identify channels of technology transfer and absorption through trade and foreign direct investment, point out constraints to greater technology absorption, and discuss policy options open to the government and the private sectors in light of relevant international experience. There is no index. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Overview

1. Technology absorption and its determinants / Smita Kuriakose, Chunlin Zhang, and Itzhak Goldberg

2. Channels of and constraints to technology absorption / Smita Kuriakose, David Kaplan, and Krista Tuomi

3. Policy options for greater technology absorption / Chunlin Zhang ... [et al.].

Notes:

"This study was carried out by a team jointly led by Itzhak Goldberg (Consultant) and Smita Kuriakose (Economist, the World Bank) and comprised of David E. Kaplan (Professor, University of Cape Town), Krista Tuomi (Lecturer, American University), Reza Daniels (Lecturer, University of Cape Town) and Peter Draper (Senior Research Fellow, SAIIA)."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780821388181

0821388185

9780821388860

082138886X

OCLC:

729064981