Introduction
Globalization of Technology is a component of Encyclopedia of Technology, Information, and Systems Management Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias.
This book on Globalization of Technology provides the essential aspects and fundamentals of Issues in Technology Transfer and Technological Capability Building such as: Techno-Economic Paradigms and Latecomer Industrialization; Knowledge Networks and the Internet; Technology Transfer: Vehicles, Conditions, Spillovers, and Policy Challenges; The Social Implications of Technological Development: Industrialization and Innovation as a Collective Process. This volume is aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.
Editor(s) Biography
Prasada Reddy is an Associate Professor at the Research Policy Institute, Lund University, Sweden. He has also been a consultant to the United Nations. His research interests have been in the areas of globalization, foreign direct investment, trade and technology transfer. His previous research project was on globalization of corporate R&D and is currently working in the area of trade-related intellectual property rights and implications for technological capability building in developing countries
