Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1986
Degree Name
Master of Science in Management Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Industrial and Management Engineering
First Advisor
John Mihalasky
Abstract
The problems arising from technology transfer, in general, are not new. The problems of the East-West technology transfer, for example, are based on the risk that such transfers will enhance the military capability, or at least the military potential, of the trading partner. In the case of United States trade with the Soviet Union, it can be said that any accretion in the Soviet military capacity weighs against the United States in an overall world-wide balance of power. The restrictions and/or prohibition of such transfer of technology are problems themselves.
The North-South technology transfer, in other words, the technology transfer between the industrially developed "North" and the developing Nations of the "South", only recognizes this problem in the form of the gap between their different standard of living, and the inability of the "South" to utilize the successfully applied technologies existing in the "North". These processes were observed in the mid-1970's.
This thesis will look at some of the basic problems involved in the transfer of technology between the developed and the developing Nations. It should be stated here that this thesis is not aimed at seeking or finding the scapegoat, "who" might be responsible for the unsuccessful use and/or application of the technology transferred. Rather, it is to outline some of the basic reasons "why" there were failures in most of the processes involving technology transfer, and to develop an approach that might assist in a successful and effective transfer of technology.
Recommended Citation
Ogbomo, Tenny Oghogho, "Technology transfer between developed and developing countries" (1986). Theses. 3364.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3364
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