Technology Generation in Latin American Manufacturing Industries

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Domestic Technology Generation in LDCs: A Review of Research Findings....Pages 13-55
On the Microeconomics of Technical Progress....Pages 56-77
Innovation and Economic Development Theoretical Reprospect and Prospect....Pages 78-93
Towards an Understanding of Technical Change in Semi-Industrialized Countries....Pages 94-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Adequate Technological Strategy in an Imperfect Economic Context: A Case-Study of the Evolution of the Acindar Steelplant in Rosario, Argentina....Pages 119-153
From Technological Dependence to Technological Development: The Case of the USIMINAS Steel Plant in Brazil....Pages 154-182
A Summary of the Principal Findings of the Case-Study on the Technological Behaviour of the Mexican Steel Firm Altos Hornos de Mexico....Pages 183-191
Productivity and Domestic Technological Search Efforts: The Growth Path of a Rayon Plant in Argentina....Pages 192-240
Design Engineering and Endogenous Technical Change....Pages 241-280
Cost-Benefit of Different Technological Options in the Context of a Differentiated Oligopoly: The Case of the Argentine Cigarette Industry....Pages 283-317
Technological Change, Market Structure and Employment in the Argentine Construction Industry....Pages 318-351
Transfer of Technology and Domestic Innovation in the Cement Industry....Pages 352-427
Nature and Determinants of Technical Change: The Peruvian Industrial Sector....Pages 431-445
From Infant Industry to Technology Exports: The Argentine Experience in the International Sale of Industrial Plants and Engineering Works....Pages 446-477
Front Matter....Pages 479-479
Innovation and Development: A Review of Some Work at the IDB/ECLA/UNDP Programme....Pages 481-498
A Model for Evaluating the Incidence of Macroeconomic Variables in the Analysis of Technological Decisions....Pages 499-534
Back Matter....Pages 535-549