Development through technology transfer : creating new organisational and cultural understanding / Mohammed Saad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saad, Mohammed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology transfer--Economic aspects--Algeria.

Technology transfer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, OR, USA : Intellect, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Technology transfer is shown here to be much more complicated than the mere handover of new technology hardware to developing countries. It is about innovation and learning and its effective management depends on generating new knowledge and being able to react quickly and effectively to change. The book covers the practical issues of technology transfer, including product, process, cost reduction, integration of local materials, import substitution, employee involvement,and the improvement of safety and working conditions. These concerns are integrated with an analysis of theories of innovati

Contents:

Front Cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Innovation Process and Influential Factors; Chapter 2 Technology Transfer and Development; Chapter 3 Algerian Strategy for Technology Transfer; Chapter 4 Case Study 1: The National Enterprise of Electronics Industry (NEEI); Chapter 5 Case Study 2: The National Enterprise of Farm Machinery (NEFM); Chapter 6 The Organisational Frameworks of NEEI and NEFM; Chapter 7 The Learning Process in NEEI and NEFM; Chapter 8 Effective Acquisition of Technology through Organisational Changes

Chapter 9 Technology Transfer: a dynamic process of learning and organisational adaptationBibliography; Back Cover - Book Description

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-138).

ISBN:

9786610477456

9781841508207

1841508209

9781280477454

1280477458

OCLC:

70725383