Dyker, David (1998) Key actors in the process of innovation and technology transfer in the context of economic transition. Science and Public Policy, 25 (4). pp. 239-25. ISSN 03023427

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Abstract

Communist ideology placed great emphasis on science and technology, but in a way that reflected little understanding of the reality of technological processes. In the transition economies, the institutional structure remains distorted in a way that is inimical to effective technology transfer. If the dynamic elements in these economies (the foreign-owned firms, the franchises, the high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises) could get together in the way they do in the West, the vicious circle of weak innovation/technology transfer would be broken. Helping government to raise its game is what is most likely to have a substantial exogenous impact on the process of innovation and technology transfer over the medium term. Radical reorganization, even abolition of existing science and technology ministries may be a necessary first step.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	University of Sussex Business School > Economics
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 20:16
Last Modified:	09 Jul 2012 09:29
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/25040

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