Knowledge, Technology Transfer and Foresight [Hardcover]

A comparative perspective on the problems and issues of the transfer of knowledge and technology in and between western and former socialist countries, focusing on three key technologies: laser technology, biotechnology, and information technology. The book highlights the specific challenges facing economies in transition in technology policy and commercialisation. Furthermore, it gives an excellent insight into current technology forecasting practice and methodology, and the use of forecasting results in framing science and technology policy.
Audience: Those involved in science and technology policy and forecasting, such as industrial and governmental policy makers and researchers.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, October 12-14, 1995A comparative perspective on the problems and issues of the transfer of knowledge and technology in and between western and former socialist countries, focusing on three key technologies: laser technology, biotechnology, and information technology. The book highlights the specific challenges facing economies in transition in technology policy and commercialisation. Furthermore, it gives an excellent insight into current technology forecasting practice and methodology, and the use of forecasting results in framing science and technology policy.
Audience: Those involved in science and technology policy and forecasting, such as industrial and governmental policy makers and researchers.Preface. I: Knowledge Transfer in Biotechnology. Knowledge Transfer and Biotechnology. The Case of Europe's Large Multinationals; M. Sharp. Knowledge Transfer in Biotechnology. The Case of Germany; T. Reiss. Redefining Transfer in Biotechnology and Software. Multiple Creation of Knowledge and Issues of Ownership; M.D. McKelvey. II: Diffusion of Laser Technology. Diffusion of Laser Technology; I.J. Spalding. Diffusion of Hungarinlóâ