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Implications of TRIMs and TRIPs for the Promotion of Technology and Related Capital Flows
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| Author(s):
Trade and Investment Division (TID)
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| Economic Sector(s):
(1) Development and transfer of technology |
| ESCAP Reference
No.: ST/ESCAP/1846 |
| Division/Office:
Trade and Investment |
| Published Date:
1997 |
| Country:
{Non-country Specific Publication} |
| Hard Copy Price:
N/A
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| In many developing countries, employment opportunities and income earning are directly associated with industrial efficiency. Pressing problems can be overcome by the effectiveness in exploiting technology in industry. In this paper, the conceptual foundations for the international transfer of technology are given in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 provides the emerging dimensions of the international technology process, while Chapter 3 includes the importance of technological and managerial capability for successful transfer of technology. Provisions and implications of TRIPs and TRIMs are discussed in Chapter 4; Chapter 5 presents conclusions and recommendations. |
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Introduction
- Some Conceptual Issues in Technology Transfer
- Technology and related capital flows:
The emerging dimensions
- Anatomy of technology transfer for industrial
investment
- Outputs of technology transfer for industrial
investment
- Development of technological and managerial capability
- Investment phases
- Technical change: learning by doing
- Training
- Technical search
- Pre-investment preparation and decision-making
- The Uruguay round agreements and their implications
for technology transfer
- The TRIPs Agreement
- The TRIMs Agreement
- The Implications of the TRIPs and TRIMs Agreements
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Policy and programming for technological assessment and capacity-building
- Environmentally sound technologies
- Learning from the technology transfer process
- Financial support
- Technological infrastructure and private sector
development support
- Strategic alliance and transnational corporations
- Human resources development
- Standardization, metrology and quality control
- Regional cooperation in TRIPs and TRIMs
List of tables and figures
Table 1. The possible economic impact of the main performance requirements
Figure 1. The process of investment in new production
Figure 2. International technology transfer flows in a highly
exogenous case of investment
Figure 3. Resource flows in technology transfer
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