TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ricken,Boris
AU  - Malcotsis,George
TI  - The competitive advantage of regions and nations: technology transfer through foreign direct investment 
SN  - 9781409402381 (hardback : alk. paper)
U1  - 338.926 21
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate Pub. Co.
KW  - Technology transfer
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Investments, Foreign
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-227) and index; Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I Theoretical Foundations: Understanding technology; The importance of technology; Theories of technology transfer; Foreign direct investment; FDI and technology transfer. Part II Practical Process: An overview on the practical process of technology transfer; Developing a technology strategy; Gathering information on technologies; Technology assessment; Technology attraction; Technology absorption; Technology application; Performance measurement; Integrated case-studies; Summary and conclusions; References; Index

N2  - Stresses that companies, investment promotion agencies, and government bodies cannot simply sit and wait until new technologies arrive in their domain; rather, they need to manage the identification, assessment, attraction, absorption and application of new technologies
ER  -