Foreign firms, technological capabilities and economic performance
Rasiah, Rajah.
Foreign firms, technological capabilities and economic performance evidence from Africa, Asia and Latin America / [electronic resource] : Rajah Rasiah ; with contributions from Geoffrey G. Gachino ... [et al.]. - Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2004. - 1 online resource (x, 225 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-217) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Productivity, export and technological differences in Kenya -- 3. Technology, local sourcing and economic performance in South Africa -- 4. Technology and economic performance in Uganda -- 5. Technological intensity and export incidence in Indonesia -- 6. Economic performance, local sourcing and technological intensities in Malaysia -- 7. Productivity, export, local sourcing and technology in Brazil -- 8. Intel-driven enterprise linkages in Costa Rica.
This book employs novel techniques to compare technological capabilities and economic performance in seven countries at varying stages of industrial development: Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, South Africa and Uganda. The author uses a methodology drawn from the technology capability framework, but extensively adapts and simplifies it to extract common cross-industry parameters for statistical analysis. He employs the framework to compare the technological, local sourcing and performance dynamics of foreign and local firms in a variety of industries.
9781845423551 (e-book)
2005297242
Business enterprises, Foreign--Developing countries.
Technology transfer--Developing countries.
Electronic books.
HF4055 / .R37 2004
338.91
Foreign firms, technological capabilities and economic performance evidence from Africa, Asia and Latin America / [electronic resource] : Rajah Rasiah ; with contributions from Geoffrey G. Gachino ... [et al.]. - Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2004. - 1 online resource (x, 225 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-217) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Productivity, export and technological differences in Kenya -- 3. Technology, local sourcing and economic performance in South Africa -- 4. Technology and economic performance in Uganda -- 5. Technological intensity and export incidence in Indonesia -- 6. Economic performance, local sourcing and technological intensities in Malaysia -- 7. Productivity, export, local sourcing and technology in Brazil -- 8. Intel-driven enterprise linkages in Costa Rica.
This book employs novel techniques to compare technological capabilities and economic performance in seven countries at varying stages of industrial development: Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, South Africa and Uganda. The author uses a methodology drawn from the technology capability framework, but extensively adapts and simplifies it to extract common cross-industry parameters for statistical analysis. He employs the framework to compare the technological, local sourcing and performance dynamics of foreign and local firms in a variety of industries.
9781845423551 (e-book)
2005297242
Business enterprises, Foreign--Developing countries.
Technology transfer--Developing countries.
Electronic books.
HF4055 / .R37 2004
338.91