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The Characteristics of Technology and the Development Process: Some Introductory Notes

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Technology Transfer in the Developing Countries

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In this chapter, which is partly based on longer essays by the authors (Dosi, 1988; Cimoli and Dosi, 1988), we shall discuss what we consider to be some major recent advances in the analysis of technology and innovation and suggest some implications for the understanding of economic development.

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  1. Mario Cimoli
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  1. State University of New York, Binghamton, USA

    Manas Chatterji (Professor of Management and Economics) (Professor of Management and Economics)

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Cimoli, M., Dosi, G. (1990). The Characteristics of Technology and the Development Process: Some Introductory Notes. In: Chatterji, M. (eds) Technology Transfer in the Developing Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20558-5_5

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