Facing the Technological Challenge
A. S. Bhalla(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 6. December 1995
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-333-63652-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Third World faces new challenges from rising technologies and the process of globalization in capital, goods and service markets. With this view, the book examines the pros and cons of using these technologies at different levels of technological capability in the Third World. The implications of this challenge for most developing countries, which are users but not producers of these technologies, are considered in terms of their actual and potential impact on employment, income distribution and competitiveness. This last factor is becoming more important, given increasing international competition and globalization of production. The book also focuses on the need for cleaner or enviromentally-friendly technologies, particularly in small enterprises, to prevent resource depletion and sustainable development.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables, figures, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 145 mm
Weight
448 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-63652-7 (9780333636527)
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Facing the Technological Challenge
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Content
Preface - List of Tables - List of Figures - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Technology and Development in Retrospect and Prospect - New Technologies: Myth or Reality for Developing Countries? - The Concept and Practice of Technology Blending - Microelectronics for Small-Scale Production: Some Evidence - New Technologies, Flexible Specialization and Industrialization - Socioeconomic Implications of New Technologies - Cleaner Technologies with Special Reference to Small Enterprises - Technological Dependence - Technology Capability, Indicators and Socioeconomic Development - Bibliography - Index