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Foreign Consultants And Counterparts: Problems In Technology Transfer

Even though concern about and interest in technology transfer have existed since the 1950s, it has become of increasing importance to lesser-developed and developing countries since the 1970s. The transfer of technology in general, and in particular the transfer of technical knowledge, lies at the heart of the North-South debate. There is an abundance of literature on technology transfer in almost every field of interest--policy, practice, applied case studies, and general recommendations--but little, if any, of the information is integrated. It remains widely distributed throughout the fields of economics, business, rural sociology, and anthropology. The same may be said for various studies of consultants as change agents. On the other hand, studies of counterparts--host country professionals--have been almost entirely neglected, with the exception of their implied roles as innovators or acceptors. There have been few attempts to tie practice to theory, theory to research, or research to practice. This volume attempts to provide the link between theory, research, and practice. Based upon research conducted at two large-scale water resource development projects in Indonesia, it focuses upon the problems and solutions encountered by two primary sets of people involved in the transfer of technical knowledge--foreign consultants and host country counterparts. Dr. Scott-Stevens presents a unified and applied approach to many of the cross-cultural theories, issues, and problems common to the transfer of technical knowledge across cultures.

Foreign Consultants And Counterparts: Problems In Technology Transfer

Even though concern about and interest in technology transfer have existed since the 1950s, it has become of increasing importance to lesser-developed and developing countries since the 1970s. The transfer of technology in general, and in particular the transfer of technical knowledge, lies at the heart of the North-South debate. There is an abundance of literature on technology transfer in almost every field of interest--policy, practice, applied case studies, and general recommendations--but little, if any, of the information is integrated. It remains widely distributed throughout the fields of economics, business, rural sociology, and anthropology. The same may be said for various studies of consultants as change agents. On the other hand, studies of counterparts--host country professionals--have been almost entirely neglected, with the exception of their implied roles as innovators or acceptors. There have been few attempts to tie practice to theory, theory to research, or research to practice. This volume attempts to provide the link between theory, research, and practice. Based upon research conducted at two large-scale water resource development projects in Indonesia, it focuses upon the problems and solutions encountered by two primary sets of people involved in the transfer of technical knowledge--foreign consultants and host country counterparts. Dr. Scott-Stevens presents a unified and applied approach to many of the cross-cultural theories, issues, and problems common to the transfer of technical knowledge across cultures.

Foreign Direct Investment by Smaller UK Firms: The Success and Failure of First-Time Investors Abroad

One of the biggest risks any company can take is the setting-up of an overseas production subsidiary. The production subsidiary requires the greatest capital with the possibility of the total investment being lost should the venture fall. It is to reduce that risk that this book has been written.

Foreign Investment and Government Policy in the Third World

A broad look at the Third World and the role of foreign enterprises in the development process. It merges theory with practical examples of the interaction between multi-national enterprises and LDC governments and also analyzes developing country policies toward foreign economic presence.

Foreign Investment, Debt and Economic Growth in Latin America

Foreign Multinationals and the British Economy: Impact and Policy (Routledge Library Editions: Multinationals)

This book, first published in 1988, examines the impact of multinational companies on the British economy and the British government’s policy responses. It assesses the effects of multinationals both on the national economy and on different regions and evaluates the benefits and problems brought by overseas companies. It looks at how government has attempted to entice multinationals to invest, and the UK government’s success in these attraction efforts as compared with other countries. Regulatory aspects of policy are also reviewed and evaluated, and consideration is given to possible new policy approaches. This title will be of interest to students of business studies.

Foreign Multinationals and the British Economy: Impact and Policy (Routledge Library Editions: Multinationals)

This book, first published in 1988, examines the impact of multinational companies on the British economy and the British government’s policy responses. It assesses the effects of multinationals both on the national economy and on different regions and evaluates the benefits and problems brought by overseas companies. It looks at how government has attempted to entice multinationals to invest, and the UK government’s success in these attraction efforts as compared with other countries. Regulatory aspects of policy are also reviewed and evaluated, and consideration is given to possible new policy approaches. This title will be of interest to students of business studies.

Foreign Trade In The Present And A New International Economic Order

This book includes a collection of papers on surveys of topics under consideration in the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, analysis of topics of traditional concern to developing countries, and a few theoretical papers on the role of law in the international trading system.

Foreign Trade In The Present And A New International Economic Order

This book includes a collection of papers on surveys of topics under consideration in the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, analysis of topics of traditional concern to developing countries, and a few theoretical papers on the role of law in the international trading system.

Forfaitierung: Die Alternative in der Außenhandelsfinanzierung

Fortschritte in der Montage: Strategien, Methoden, Erfahrungen (IPA-IAO - Forschung und Praxis Tagungsberichte #8)

Das Rationalisierungspotential der Zukunft liegt in der Montage. Daß diese Feststellung nach wie vor aktuell ist, zeigt sich schon allein in der Tatsache, daß die Montagekosten häufig immer noch den größten Teil der Herstellkosten ausmachen. Es ist deshalb heute für jeden Betriebs- und Fertigungsleiter eine unabdingbare Forderung, die Montage durch Rationalisierung, Automatisierung und Umstrukturierung kostengünstiger zu gestalten. Dies trifft vor allem auf die vielen mittelständischen Unternehmen zu, für die bisher aufgrund geringer Stückzahlen/Losgrößen und großer Variantenvielfalt eine durchgreifende Rationalisierung der Montage nicht möglich war. Die 19. Arbeitstagung des IPA wendet sich daher an Leiter in der Arbeitsvorbereitung, an Projekteure und alle diejenigen, die kompetente Antworten und praxisgerechte Lösungen zur flexiblen Montageautomatisierung suchen. Die Referenten der Tagung, die durchweg über eine langjährige Praxiserfahrung verfügen, behandeln in ihren Vorträgen u.a. folgende Themenbereiche: - Die informationstechnische Einbindung der Montage in die Fabrik der Zukunft - rechnerunterstützte Verfahren zur effizienten Planung moderner Montagesysteme - Montagegerechte Produktgestaltung: Voraussetzung für eine rationelle Montage - neue Möglichkeiten der Montageautomatisierung in mittelständischen Unternehmen - neue Einsatzfelder der Montageautomatisierung.

The Foundations of Keynesian Analysis: Proceedings of a Conference held at the University of Paris I—Panthéon-Sorbonne (Keynesian Studies)

Frauen in der öffentlichen Arbeitsmarkt- und Strukturpolitik (Forschungsberichte des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen #3226)

Frauen ins Management von der Reservearmee zur Begabungsreserve: Von der Reservearmee zur Begabungsreserve (FAZ - Gabler Edition)

Free Trade and Competition in the EEC: Law, Policy and Practice

This book examines the extent of free trade within the EEC and attempts to establish the conditions under which a State may operate in the Market through the medium of the undertakings which it controls. It discusses the ways in which Member States may tamper with free market forces without infringing the principle of free competition, and whether state liability can be established for such actions. It also assesses the separate liability of both public and private enterprises which operate under such a heavily state-regulated environment that a certain anti-competitive behaviour is virtually imposed upon them. The book concludes that the system as it operates is not as successful as it might be and that the Council of Ministers and the Commission should set guidelines for co-ordinated action in order to avoid national policies leading to a rejection of the free-market principle.

Free Trade and Competition in the EEC: Law, Policy and Practice

This book examines the extent of free trade within the EEC and attempts to establish the conditions under which a State may operate in the Market through the medium of the undertakings which it controls. It discusses the ways in which Member States may tamper with free market forces without infringing the principle of free competition, and whether state liability can be established for such actions. It also assesses the separate liability of both public and private enterprises which operate under such a heavily state-regulated environment that a certain anti-competitive behaviour is virtually imposed upon them. The book concludes that the system as it operates is not as successful as it might be and that the Council of Ministers and the Commission should set guidelines for co-ordinated action in order to avoid national policies leading to a rejection of the free-market principle.

Freight Transport Planning and Logistics: Proceedings of an International Seminar on Freight Transport Planning and Logistics Held in Bressanone, Italy, July 1987 (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems #317)

Improvements in the performance of a freight transport system can be achieved either through technological innovation or by using advanced planning tools. This volume includes contributions on planning which cover the following topics: - analysis of current trends in developed countries, - demand analysis and forecasting, - flows simulation and prediction, - shipment and delivery problems, - regulation problems, - investment evaluation. Papers consider such applications as warehouse location, crude oil transportation, newspaper distribution, the trucking industry, rail planning and seaport systems. Transport issues in North America and Italy are described and compared. The papers in this volume are revised versions of contributions to the International Seminar on Freight Transport Planning and Logistics held in Bressanone, Italy, in July 1987.

Fremdkapitalbeschaffung durch Finanzinnovationen: Finanzinnovationen aus Sicht der Unternehmen, Banken und Kapitalanleger (Oikos Studien zur Ökonomie)

Fundamentals of Production Theory (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems #311)

This graduate text develops production theory from a set of reasonable axioms. The theory is presented both in a primal and dual as well as in an indirect (constrained) framework. The basic model leads to a set of efficiency measures which can be readily employed in empirical work. A first draft of the text was used to teach students at Vanderbilt University. The text includes a variety of exercise problems.

Funktional und räumlich variables und modulares Laborgerätesystem (IPA-IAO - Forschung und Praxis #114)

Funktionale Managementlehre

In diesem Lehrbuch werden von zehn Autoren aus dem gesamten deutschsprachigen Raum die Grundlagen des Funktionalen Managements dargestellt. Im einzelnen werden folgende Gebiete behandelt: 1) Kommunikationsmanagement 2) Entscheidungsmanagement 3) Planungsmanagement 4) Motivationsmanagement 5) Organisationsmanagement 6) Kontrollmanagement In diese sechs Aufgabenbereiche ist das Buch im wesentlichen gegliedert, wobei Motivation und Organisation Schwerpunkte im Buch bilden. Neu ist der interdisziplinäre Ansatz verschiedener Beiträge. Das Buch wendet sich in erster Linie an Studenten, denen ein umfassender Überblick über die verschiedenen Aspekte des Managements gegeben wird. Aber auch für den in der Praxis tätigen Manager bietet das Buch wertvolle Hinweise und Anregungen für seine Arbeit.

Gablers Wirtschafts Lexikon

Geldanlage und Steuern ’88: — Wegweiser für Anlageberater und Anleger — (Gabler Geldanlage u. Steuern #1988)

The Generalized Fechner-Thurstone Direct Utility Function and Some of its Uses (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems #316)

In this book the foundations and applicability of the Generalized Fechner-Thurstone Utility Function are laid out. It is shown how by removing the constraint of fixed preferences in the neoclassical consumer theory, utility theory can be used to develop non-parametric indices along with elasticities of the marginal rates of substitutions. It is also shown that whereas the existence of a fixed preference utility function is not always guaranteed for different demand functions, there will always exist at least one Generalized Fechner-Thurstone Direct Utility Function. Furthermore, analysis using the Fechner-Thurstone Direct Utility Function is clear and simple and does not rely on ad hoc Taylor expansions. The construction of different true-cost-of-living indices, the comparison of North American consumers, and a habit formation model are developed to show the usefulness of the Generalized Fechner-Thurstone Direct Utility Function.

Geometrieprüfung in der Fertigungsmeßtechnik mit bildverarbeitenden Systemen (IPA-IAO - Forschung und Praxis #123)

Es wird ein Überblick über heute existierende Geräte und Antastverfahren von bildverarbeitenden Systemen zur Geometriemessung gegeben. Darauf aufbauend werden Prinzipien und Konzepte entwickelt, die die Meßgeschwindigkeit, den Automatisierungsgrad und die Sicherheit bei der Meßwertgewinnung erhöhen. Hierzu wird ein auf detaillierten Modellvorstellungen basierendes Verfahren zur Extraktion geometrischer Merkmale aus Bildern entwickelt. Das Gerätekonzept beinhaltet eine automatische Elimination von Störungen und eine automatische Beleuchtungsregelung sowie einen Vorschlag zur Parallelisierung einzelner Teilprozesse zur schnellen und sicheren Meßwertgewinnung. Am Beispiel zweier exemplarischer Anwendungen wird seine Wirksamkeit und Leistungsfähigkeit erläutert und dokumentiert.