Author: Padam Kumar Jain

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Published: 1994

Total Pages: 246

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Contrary To Conventional Wisdom, Newly Industrialising Countries (Nics) Of Asia And Latin America Engage To An Appreciable Extent, In R&D Activities Leading To Technical Change. They Do So As Part Of Their Industrialization Process And In Response To The Prevailing Economic Environment In Which That Process Takes Place.The Book Is Aimed To Present A Preliminary Evaluation Of The Emergence Of Some Of The Newly Industrialising Countries (Nics) As Internationally Competitive Sellers Of Technology, But It Has Devoted A Particular Attention To India Which, Despite Its Poverty And Relatively Poor Record Of Economic Growth, Seems To Lead The Third World In The Field Of Technology Exports.The Said Phenomenon Of Technology Transfer By Indian Industries Is Itself Worthy Of Note. The Fact That They Have Established A Comparative Advantage In The Sale Of Most Skill And Knowledge Intensive Of All Products Pure Know-How Itself Raises Important Issues For Their Dynamic Role In The International Trade. It Also Calls For A Closer Examination Of The Processes Of Technological Assimilation And Development Which Underlie Their Entry Into The Foreign Markets.A Number Of Indian Enterprises (Public And Private Sector) Are Emerging On The International Scene As Major Exporters Of Manufacturing, Construction, Management, Financial And Other Forms Of Technology. The Main Object Of This Study Is To Analyse And Examine, In Detail, The Process Of Technology Transfer From Indian Industries.