Technology Transfer and East Asian Economic Transformation [Paperback]

Rudi Volti explores how the transfer of foreign technologies contributed to the rapid development of the East Asian economies of China, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.Rudi Volti explores how the transfer of foreign technologies contributed to the rapid development of the East Asian economies of China, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.Series IntroductionIntroduction1. International Politics and Technology Transfer2. Foreign Firms and the Supply of Technology3. The Role of the State in Technology Transfer: Japan4. The State and Technology Transfer: China5. The State and Technology Transfer: Korea and Taiwan6. Domestic Firms and Foreign Technologies7. Education, Expertise, and Technology Transfer8. Adaptation in the Course of Adoption9. After the Catch-Up PhaseConclusionNotesBibliographic EssayRUDI VOLTI is professor of sociology at Pitzer College and a member of Science, Technology, and Society program of the Claremont Colleges. His publications include Technology, Politics, and Society in China (1982); Society and Technologial Change(2001); The Engineer in Historywith John Rae (2001); and The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Society (2000).