Strengthening Technological Capabilities
Title | Strengthening Technological Capabilities PDF eBook |
Author | International Labour Office |
Publisher | International Labour Organization |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Appropriate technology |
ISBN | 9789221081654 |
This book offers a review of ILO activities on technology reveals the challenges of endogenous capacity building in developing countries. The book covers a range of areas including technology policy assessment, evaluation of the impact of new technologies on employment, working conditions and working environment.
Strengthening Chinas Technological Capability
Title | Strengthening Chinas Technological Capability PDF eBook |
Author | Shahid Yusuf |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems |
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Abstract: China is increasing its outlay on research and development and seeking to build an innovation system that will deliver quick results not just in absorbing technology but also in pushing the technological envelope. China's spending on R & D rose from 1.1 percent of GDP in 2000 to 1.3 percent of GDP in 2005. On a purchasing power parity basis, China's research outlay was among the world's highest, far greater than that of Brazil, India, or Mexico. Chinese firms are active in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, alternative energy sources, and nanotechnology. This surge in spending has been parallel by a sharp increase in patent applications in China, with the bulk of the patents registered in the areas of electronics, information technology, and telecoms. However, of the almost 50,000 patents granted in China, nearly two-thirds were to nonresidents. This paper considers two questions that are especially important for China. First, how might China go about accelerating technology development? Second, what measures could most cost-effectively deliver the desired outcomes? It concludes that although the level of financing for R & D is certainly important, technological advance is closely keyed to absorptive capacity which is a function of the volume and quality of talent and the depth as well as the heterogeneity of research experience. It is also a function of how companies maximize the commercial benefits of research and development, and the coordination of research with production and marketing.
The Capability Approach, Technology and Design
Title | The Capability Approach, Technology and Design PDF eBook |
Author | Ilse Oosterlaken |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2012-03-28 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 940073879X |
The capability approach of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen places human capabilities at the centre stage of discussions about justice, equality, development and the quality of life. It rejects too much emphasis on mere preference satisfaction or resource provision and highlights the importance of human agency and freedom. This approach has already significantly influenced different fields of application, such as economics and development studies. Only recently have scholars started to explore its relevance for and application to the area of technology and design, which can be crucial factors in the expansion of human capabilities. How does technology influence human capabilities? What difference could a capability approach make to policies and practices of applying ICT in development processes in the South? How can we criticize and improve the design of technology from the perspective of the capability approach? The authors of this volume explore the implications of the capability approach for technology & design and together create the first volume on this emerging topic.
Economic Policy and Technological Performance
Title | Economic Policy and Technological Performance PDF eBook |
Author | Partha Dasgupta |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2005-11-10 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780521022217 |
A wide ranging contribution to the debate about the impact of technological change on economic and social welfare.
PROCISUR strengthening and expanding a permanent regional system for technological cooperation
Title | PROCISUR strengthening and expanding a permanent regional system for technological cooperation PDF eBook |
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Publisher | IICA Biblioteca Venezuela |
Pages | 48 |
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Technological Capability in the Third World
Title | Technological Capability in the Third World PDF eBook |
Author | K. King |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1984-07-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1349174874 |
Mastering a New Role
Title | Mastering a New Role PDF eBook |
Author | National Academy of Engineering |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 1993-02-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0309046467 |
This book examines the changing character of commercial technology development and diffusion in an integrated global economy and its implications for U.S. public policies in support of technological innovation. The volume considers the history, current practice, and future prospects for national policies to encourage economic development through both direct and indirect government support of technological advance.