 | Technological Independence The Asian experience (UNU, 1994, 372 pages) |
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| | Note to the reader from the UNU |
|  | Introduction |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | The region and the global historical setting |
| | Post-second world war geopolitics |
| | New technologies |
| | The study |
| | Notes |
| | 1. India |
| | Background |
| | Development perspectives in the indian economy |
| | Technology policy |
| | R&D and self-reliance |
| | India's technological capability: an international comparison |
| | Case-studies |
| | Factors in technological development |
| | Concluding remarks |
| | Notes |
| | 2. China |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Historical perspective |
| | National factor endowments |
| | Case-studies in the different economic sectors |
| | Exogenous sources for technological progress and self-reliance |
| | A desirable path and a strategy for S&T development |
| | 3. The Republic of Korea |
| | Preamble |
| | History |
| | Development policies and strategies from the 1960s to the 1980s |
| | The plans |
| | Impact on the agricultural and industrial sectors |
| | Science and technology in korea before the 1960s |
| | The role of science and technology in recent development |
| | Science and technology and the exogenous environment |
| | Education and training |
| | Research and development |
| | Reassessment of the policy and strategy |
| | Achievements in industrial development |
| | The electronics industry as a case-study |
| | Self-reliance targets at each stage |
| | Problems and issues |
| | Future plan for self-reliance of science and technology |
| | The long-term goals and strategy of national development |
| | Role of science and technology for future development |
| | Long-term goal of S&T development |
| | Summing-up and regional cooperation |
| | Regional cooperation |
| | Bibliography |
| | 4. Thailand |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Traditional path of development |
| | Development of the country in the national plans (1961-1986) |
| | An evaluation of thailand's present S&T situation: a macro-level study |
| | Case-studies in agriculture |
| | A desirable path |
| | Bibliography |
| | 5 The Philippines |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | The historical roots of technological dependence |
| | S&T policy: rhetoric and reality |
| | Case-studies |
| | Case-study results |
| | Technological dependence: nature and consequences |
| | S&T in the Philippines: inputs and outputs |
| | The vicious circle paradigm |
| | The anatomy of technology transfer |
| | The search for models: learning from Asia |
| | Vision and commitment |
| | Toward a leap-frogging strategy |
| | Notes |
| | Bibliography |
| | Appendix 1 |
| | Appendix 2. major achievements of S&T in the Philippines |
| | 6. Japan |
| | Introduction |
| | Five stages from ''technology transfer'' to ''self-reliance'' |
| | Three stages to technological self-reliance |
| | Degree of self-reliance of technology |
| | Low estimation of imported technology |
| | Historical perspectives on self-reliance |
| | Case-studies |
| | Japan's experience and Asian perspectives |
| | Japanese multinational enterprises and their role in technological self-reliance in Asia |
| | Performance of Japanese affiliates in Asia |
| | Technological self-reliance in Asia: in search of a new international technology order |
| | Notes |
| | 7. The lessons from Asia: From past experience to the future |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | China |
| | India |
| | Republic of Korea |
| | Thailand |
| | Philippines |
| | Japan |
| | The geopolitical environment and the local socio-economic situation |
| | Formal S&T structure and industry |
| | The rural-urban relationship |
| | Informal and formal sectors |
| | New generic technologies |
| | Social shaping of technology |
| | Conscious shaping of the technology |
| | Existing agendas for shaping technology |
| | Concluding remarks |
| | Notes |
| | Contributors |
| | Other titles of interest |
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