Package Description
- Are you looking for accurate and useful information on technology, industrial development and economic growth in developing countries?
- Do you want to know how the most current technologies impact the developing world?
- Are you seeking an online course regarding this?
If this is so then you have come to the right place. This package contains a course that has been designed to give you some professional tips and information regarding the impact that technology has on the developing countries of the world. This course will prove to be very helpful for users just like you.
What is this course, who should take this course and what are the benefits of taking it?
Most engineering courses focus on the most current technologies and their use in the U.S. and other first world countries, but if you are interested in how the same technologies impact the developing world, this science online course is for you. Originally presented at the Maastricht Economic and Social Research And Training Centre in fall 2008, this course will take you through the history of how technology has fuelled growth throughout the world since the 1950s, and then will go in depth to analyze the role technology has played in how third world countries fare within the global economy.
Engineers and students of social and human development will benefit from this course.
Table of Contents
- International diffusion of technology
- Technology gaps
- Absorptive capacities
- Catching up and leapfrogging and the role of multinational corporations as actors in developing country innovation systems
- Technological capabilities and the role of multinational companies in promoting or hindering international technology transfer to developing countries
Author Bio
Prof. Dr. Adam Szirmai will be the instructor of this course. His years of teaching experience will surely prove useful.
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