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Technology Generation in Latin American Manufacturing Industries

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Jorge M. Katz

    1. Economic Commission for Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina
      University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Jorge M. Katz
      Pages 1-10

  4. Case-Studies on Technological Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Individual Firms

      1. Adequate Technological Strategy in an Imperfect Economic Context: A Case-Study of the Evolution of the Acindar Steelplant in Rosario, Argentina
        • Philip Maxwell
        Pages 119-153
      2. From Technological Dependence to Technological Development: The Case of the USIMINAS Steel Plant in Brazil
        • Carl J. Dahlman, Fernando Valadares Fonseca
        Pages 154-182
      3. A Summary of the Principal Findings of the Case-Study on the Technological Behaviour of the Mexican Steel Firm Altos Hornos de Mexico
        • Luis Alberto Pérez, José de Jesús Pérez y Peniche
        Pages 183-191
      4. Productivity and Domestic Technological Search Efforts: The Growth Path of a Rayon Plant in Argentina
        • Jorge M. Katz, Mirta Gutkowski, Mario Rodrígues, Gregorio Goity
        Pages 192-240
      5. Design Engineering and Endogenous Technical Change
        • Francisco C. Sercovich
        Pages 241-280

  5. Preliminary Theory-Building Efforts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 479-479
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    2. Innovation and Development: A Review of Some Work at the IDB/ECLA/UNDP Programme

      • Morris Teubal
      Pages 481-498
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Economic Commission for Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Jorge M. Katz

  • University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Jorge M. Katz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Technology Generation in Latin American Manufacturing Industries

  • Editors: Jorge M. Katz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07210-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-07210-1Published: 18 June 1987

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 549

  • Topics: Industries

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