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- Why has the performance of industries varied so much between
developing countries, and also under apparently similar conditions?
Why have so many newly established industries in developing countries
failed to reach international competitiveness while others have
managed to catch up? Existing economic theories often lack explanatory
value when faced with such questions. Information about the environment
in which technology is applied seems to be of primary significance,
since the environment is variable, it can be influenced to fit
an ever broader range of technologies. In this detailed and incisive
study of one of the prime technologies of the modern world -
telecommunications - we can see how a complex of forces play
their part in shaping the technological competence of nations.
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- The author is a member of the Research Policy Institute at
the University of Lund, Sweden.
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- ISBN 0 947568 63 8
- 1993
- £30.00/US$55.00
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- ' carefully written and very readable.... contains a wealth
of facts, figures, references, conjectures and policy analyses.'
- The Computer Journal
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- ' provides interesting and educative reading.... what
makes it especially valuable is the careful analysis of policies
and their implementation.'
- Development and International Co-operation
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- ' brings together original research and established work
to produce a book which will be of interest to researchers in
a number of fields. The book is well-organized and provides an
excellent bibliography'.
- The Electronic Library
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- 'should be read for its clear and concise review of what
constitutes the dominant state model in the telecommunications
industry.... and for its analyses of the effects of policy on
individual and technological capabilities.'
- Pacific Affairs
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- 'illustrates very well what sort of government involvement
is advantageous, and what is not.'
- Library Review
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