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FACTORS AFFECTING THE CAPACITY OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE: THE CASE OF LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Author(s) -
Giaoutzi Maria
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1985.tb00916.x
Subject(s) - technological change , developing country , technology transfer , process (computing) , politics , business , economic system , economic geography , development economics , industrial organization , economics , economic growth , political science , international trade , computer science , macroeconomics , law , operating system
The aim of this paper is to shed some more light on the underlying forces behind the technological development of nations and regions in the developing world. In the first part the channels of technology transfer are explained together with the limitations on access and use of technology involved within the transfer process. In parallel, the importance of the political factor in the development of the technological capability of the developing countries is discussed. These arguments are illustrated with reference to the case of Greece.