Tigers and Pussy-Cats: The Importance of International Technology Transfer for Asian Felines

Dumont, Michel and Cuyvers, Ludo (2000): Tigers and Pussy-Cats: The Importance of International Technology Transfer for Asian Felines.

Abstract

In this paper we will first discuss the economic performance of the high growth East Asian countries and the different explanations to be found in economic literature. Thereupon we will try to establish the role of international technology transfer in the economic growth process of East Asian countries, which transfer mechanisms were important and which differences there are between the countries

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Technological progress, Technology Transfer, High-growth East Asian economies
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O23 - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O24 - Trade Policy ; Factor Movement Policy ; Foreign Exchange Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O25 - Industrial Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes

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