Technology and economic development : (Record no. 7953)
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| fixed length control field | 03367nam a22002297a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0582017580 |
| Terms of availability | TZS 58,936.19 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MUL |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | AACR |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 330.9 MAL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Malecki, Edward J. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Technology and economic development : |
| Sub Title | the dynamics of local, regional, and national change |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Edward J. Malecki |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Longman Scientific & Technical, |
| Year of publication | c1991. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xvi, 495 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes references (p. 381 - 483) and index |
| 505 ## - Formatted Contents | |
| Formatted contents note | <br/>Part 1 Economic growth and decline - theories and facts: global production; technology, regions, and economic development; regional disparity - cores and peripheries; growth or development?; regional planning; technological capability. Part 2 The measurement of regional economic activity: the economic base and regional multipliers; which economic base is best?; sectoral change and economic development; the service sector - engine of growth?. Part 3 Regional growth theory and policy - the burden of conventional wisdom: production functions and equilibrium - the neoclassical model; disequilibrium models of regional growth and development; development as a temporal process; regional policy; toward indigenous potential; linkages, multilocational firms and technology. Part 4 Technological capability - the core of economic development: the linear model of technological change; the impact of the product cycle on regional development; technological change in the Third World; learning technology; learning and economic development. Part 5 Innovation in the firm - high technology in teh corporate context: the growth of corporate innovation; management of technology; science-push or market-pull?; technology - a long wave view; high technology industries - problems of definition and significance; technological strategies of firms; corporate organization of R and D activities; global competition and strategic alliances; licensing strategies and technological capability. Part 6 The location of economic activities - flexibility and agglomeration: industrial location and the role of labour; large corporations and the spatial division of labour; the location of non-production activities; post-weberian location theory; flexibility. Part 7 Creating technological places - nations, regions, and localities: national policies toward high technology; industrial and technology policy in the third World; technology transfer; policies for regional high tech development; directing technology. Part 8 Entrepreneurship and regional development: entrepreneurship - the problem of definition; sectoral variations in firm formation; entrepreneurial or "creative" regions; venture capital and entrepreneurship; incubators and spin-offs; policies to promote entrepreneurship; the prospects for policy in advanced countries; entrepreneurship in the Third World. Part 9 Development in a fast-paced world - challenges and questions: technology and competitiveness; the importance of skills; infrastructure for development; the challenge confronting the Third World; the regional context of technological change.<br/> |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | eng |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Economic development |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Technological innovations |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Economic aspects |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Regional economic disparities |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Technology and state |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS | |
| Item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Mzumbe University Main Campus Library | Mzumbe University Main Campus Library | 05/25/1994 | ETS | 330.9 MAL | 0042172 | 1 | 12/19/2022 | Book | ||||
| Mzumbe University Main Campus Library | Mzumbe University Main Campus Library | 05/25/1994 | ETS | 330.9 MAL | 0042173 | 2 | 12/19/2022 | Book |