Section III: Science Technology and Innovation

Title: Technology transfer by transnational corporations in Egypts car industry

Author(s): Ali Shamsavari, Yasser Taha

Address: School of Economics, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE, UK | Department of Business Administration, Bahrain University, Bahrain

Reference: Science,Technology and Sustainability in the Middle East and North Africa pp. 116 - 131

Abstract/Summary: Largely based on an empirical study of Egypts car industry, this paper criticises traditional approaches to and models of technology transfer in the new age of openness to trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and in the light of Egyptian experience. It is argued that these ideas and models, such as technological independence, need to be reexamined.

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