Science, technology, and development. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Atul Wad.
• Editors: Wad, Atul
• Other Names: Third World Foundation (Great Britain)
• Contents: Introduction -- Historical, Cultural and Contemporary Perspectives -- Innovation Theories and Science and Technology Policy: Historical Perspectives -- Innovation, Technology and the World Economy: Research and Policy Implications from a European Perspective -- Technological Self-Reliance, Dependence and Underdevelopment -- Epistemology and Ideology in Science, Technology and Development -- Innovation and Development -- Technology and Development: Some Implications of Recent Advances in the Economics of Innovation for the Process of Development -- Market Structure and Technological Behavior in Developing Countries -- New Technologies and Development -- The Diffusion and Production of New Technologies: The Case of Numerically Controlled Machine Tools -- The Output and Employment Impact of Microelectronics in the Third World: Some Conceptual Issues -- Microcomputers, Dams and Handpumps: Three Case Studies of Technology Transfer to the Developing Countries -- Regional Perspectives -- In Search of a Strategy for a National Science and Technology Policy in Africa -- Crisis, New Technologies and Social Movements -- Policy and Management Approaches -- The Dilemma of Managing R&D in India -- Indicators of Science and Technology for Development -- Facing the Future: The Need for International Technology Intelligence and Sourcing
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 1988
• Extent: 1 online resource (315 pages)
• Subjects: 338.06; Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries; Science -- Social aspects -- Developing countries; Appropriate technology -- Developing countries; Economic development; Appropriate technology; Economic development; Science -- Social aspects; Technological innovations -- Economic aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000310887; 1000310884
• Related ISBNs: 9780367286743
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