Technological innovation and Third World multinationals / Paz Estrella E. Tolentino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolentino, Paz Estrella E., 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Developing countries.

Technological innovations.

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This examines the relationship between technological growth and outward direct investment from firms in Asia and Latin America which has become increasingly siginificant as these countries develop.

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; THE GROWTH OF THIRD WORLD MULTINATIONALS; THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; THE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE GROWTH OF THIRD WORLD MULTINATIONALS; THE THEORIES OF THIRD WORLD MULTINATIONALS; THE ROLE OF FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIRD WORLD OUTWARD INVESTMENT; 2 Trends in foreign direct investment; INTRODUCTION; 1939 TO 1960; 1960 TO 1975; 1975 TO THE PRESENT; CONCLUSION; 3 The theories of international production

INTRODUCTIONTHE THEORY OF DIRECT INVESTMENT: HYMER; LIMITATIONS OF THE HYMER THEORY OF DIRECT INVESTMENT: THE VIEW OF ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF THE GROWTH OF THE MNE; THE INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION APPROACH TO THE THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION; THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL FACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION: ALIBER; THE THEORIES OF INTERNALISATION; LOCATIONAL THEORIES OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR; MACROECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION; The product cycle model; The theory of direct investment: the contributions of Kojima and Ozawa; The concept of an investment development path

The concept of stages of development in international productionTHE THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION BASED ON OLIGOPOLISTIC COMPETITION; THE ECLECTIC PARADIGM OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION; CONCLUSION; 4 The theories of Third World multinationals; INTRODUCTION; THE PRODUCT CYCLE MODEL (PCM); The product cycle model (PCM) Mark I; The product cycle model (PCM) Mark II; Criticisms of the product cycle model; The product cycle model and Third World MNEs; THE THEORY OF LOCALISED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; THE THEORY OF TECHNOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION; CONCLUSION

5 The concept of an investment development cycle: some econometric testingINTRODUCTION; THE INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CYCLE; ECONOMETRIC TESTING OF THE INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CYCLE; Cross-section analysis; The period 1960-75; The period 1976-84; The period 1960-84; The period 1960-5; The period 1966-70; The period 1971-5; The period 1976-80; The period 1981-4; Improvement of fit of the quadratic cross-section equation; The period 1960-75; The period 1976-84; The period 1960-84; The period 1960-5; The period 1966-70; The period 1971-5; The period 1976-80; The period 1981-4; Time-series analysis

The period 1960-75The period 1970-84; The estimation of the coefficient of the time trend dummy variable for the period 1960-84; CONCLUSION; 6 The role of foreign technology in the development of Third World multinationals; INTRODUCTION; THE ROLE OF FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; THE COSTS OF FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRANSFER OF KNOW-HOW VS KNOW-WHY: IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; MODALITIES OF FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

THE THEORY OF TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE AND THE THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [408]-450) and index.

ISBN:

0-203-26295-6

1-280-05092-6

9786610050925

0-203-16791-0

9780203167915

OCLC:

475883645