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Economic Development & Technical Capabilities

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States11.167
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2004English
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The economic growth of developing countries requires the acquisition of technological capabilities. In countries at the world technological frontier, such capabilities refer to cutting edge skills to innovate entirely new products. In developing countries, the requisite technological capabilities are broader, and include production engineering, project execution and incremental innovation to make borrowed technology work. Theories of technology acquisition are examined.

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