Open AccessAnalytics of the Technology Transfer Cost Issue
Author(s) -
Khalil Hamdani,
Mir Annice Mahmood
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v15i2pp.154-170
Subject(s) - payment , transfer payment , business , profit (economics) , transfer (computing) , developing country , technology transfer , economics , finance , international trade , economic growth , computer science , microeconomics , parallel computing , welfare , market economy
An increasingly important issue of trade and development isthe high cost of the transfer of technology from the developed countriesto the develop¬ing world. Rough estimates suggest that payments bydeveloping countries for the use of patents, licenses, trademarks, andmanagerial and technical services amounted to about SI.5 billion in 1968[19]. For Pakistan, the issue is of particular importance.1 Based onconservative estimates by Mahbub ul Haq, Pakistan's annual payments fortechnology transfer in 1965-70 averaged $102 million; thismagnitude—again reflecting payments for the use of patented knowledgeand technical services only—represents a payment rate of almost 16percent of annual export receipts [19]. If other costs such as profitrepatria¬tion and transfer pricing are included, the payment rate issubstantially higher.