Marshaling technology for development : proceedings of a symposium, November 28-30, 1994, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California / / Technology and Development Steering Committee, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council [and] Finance and Private Sector Development, the World Bank

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 609.1724
• Soggetto topico: Technological innovations - Developing countries; Technology transfer - Developing countries
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Marshaling Technology for Development""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""OBJECTIVES AND ORGANIZATION OF THE SYMPOSIUM""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""Marshaling Technology for Development""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""The Science of Sustainable Development""; ""SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: AN INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITY""; ""THE POWER AND PRODUCTIVITY OF SCIENCE""; ""CONDITIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOPMENT""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Forces Reshaping the World Economy""; ""TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION""; ""ECONOMIC REVOLUTION""; ""A GOLDEN AGE?"" ; ""THE CHALLENGES FACING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY""""HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY HELP?""; ""OBJECTIVES OF THIS SYMPOSIUM""; ""NOTE""; ""PROCEEDINGS""; ""CHAPTER 1â€?The Globalization of Knowledge and Technology""; ""PATHWAYS TO TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION""; ""Information and Communications""; ""Biotechnology""; ""Materials""; ""TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY""; ""CHAPTER 2â€?Marshaling Technology for Development: Assessing the Challenge ""; ""CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE""; ""CONNECTIVITY""; ""THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY"" ; ""CHAPTER 3â€?Opportunities and Strategies by Sector """"AGRICULTURE""; ""MANUFACTURING AND SERVICES""; ""Manufacturing""; ""Services""; ""THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY""; ""HEALTH""; ""EDUCATION""; ""CHAPTER 4â€?Rising to the Challenge: Priorities for the Developing Countries and the International...""; ""FOOD SUPPLY""; ""PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES""; ""RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""INSTITUTIONAL ROLES""; ""Governments""; ""Private Sector""; ""Scientific and Research Community""; ""Development Community""; ""INVITED PAPERS"" ; ""The Global Generation, Transmission, and Diffusion of Knowledge: How Can the Developing Countries Benefit""""THE GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE""; ""The World Knowledge Infrastructure""; ""How Does the Knowledge Infrastructure Actually Work?""; ""The Need for a Global Knowledge Strategy""; ""THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TO THE WORLD ECONOMY""; ""HOW DOES TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE HAPPEN?""; ""THE COMMERCIALIZATION AND GLOBALIZATION OF INNOVATION""; ""POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES"" ; ""FORECASTING AND ASSESSMENT IN INVESTMENT DECISIONS""""WHAT ARE THE FUTURE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES FOR TODAY'S LABOR-SURPLUS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES?""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""NOTES""; ""What We Know and Do Not Know about Technology Transfer: Linking Knowledge to Action""; ""THE BASICS OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER""; ""TYPOLOGIES OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION""; ""TECHNOLOGY TRAJECTORIES AND LIFE CYCLES""; ""MODELS OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER WITHIN FIRMS""; ""NOTES""; ""Technological Trends and Applications in Biotechnology""; ""GENETIC ENGINEERING: A NEW WORLD"" ; ""MARKET SEGMENTS AND RESEARCH AREAS""
• Sommario/riassunto: Recent technological advances, particularly in microelectronics and telecommunications, biotechnology, and advanced materials, pose critical challenges and opportunities for developing countries, and for the development banks and other organizations that serve them. Those countries that fail to adapt to the transformations driven by new technologies in industry, agriculture, health, environment, energy, education, and other sectors may find it difficult to avoid falling behind. This book represents a joint effort by the World Bank and the National Research Council to survey the status and effect of technology change in key sectors and to recommend action by the development organizations, government, private sector and the scientific and technological community.
• Titolo autorizzato: Marshaling technology for development
• ISBN: 0-309-17606-9; 1-280-19279-8; 9786610192793; 0-309-58863-4; 0-585-21784-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962017903321
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