Saad, Mohammed

Development through Technology Transfer : Creating New Organisational and Cultural Understanding

Foreword 1(1) Acknowledgements 2(1) Introduction 3(3) 1. Innovation Process and Influential Factors 6(26) 1. Historical Evolution Of Technological Changes 2. Models Of Innovation 3. Nature Of The Innovative Activity 4. Process Of Innovation 5. Influential Factors In Success And Failure Of Innovation 2. Technology Transfer and Development 32(8) 3. Algerian Strategy for Technology Transfer 40(13) 1. Economic Development Through Rapid Industrialisation 2. Rapid Industrialisation Through Transfer Of Technology 3. Conceptual Models Used By Algeria To Build Up Local Technological Capability 4. Case Study 1: The National Enterprise of Electronic Industry (NEEI) 53(16) 1. NEEI's Strategy 2. NEEI's Strategy for Technology Transfer 3. Performance Of NEEI 5. Case Study 2: The National Enterprise of Farm Machinery (NEFM) 69(11) 1. NEFM's Strategy for Technology Transfer 2. Assessment Of NEFM's Performance 3. A Presentation Of Other Parameters 6. Analysis of the Organisational Frameworks of NEEI and NEFM 80(12) 1. Key Features of State Owned Organisations In Algeria 2. The 'Socialist Enterprise Reform' Of 1971 3. The 'Restructuring Of Firms' Reform 4. Impact Of These Reforms On The Management And Performance Of NEEI And NEFM 5. Theoretical Analysis Of The Organisational Choices Adopted By NEEI And NEFM 7. The Learning Process in NEE! and NEFM 92(20) 1. Development Of Local Technological Capabilities 2. The Process Of Learning 3. Interactions Between The Mechanisms Of Learning And The Various Arrangements For Technology Transfer 4. New Mechanisms Of Technology Transfer (Decomposed Contract) And Their Impact On Learning NEEI And NEFM 5. Organisational Reforms And Development Of Management Capabilities 8. Effective Acquisition of Technology through Organisational Changes 112(13) 1. Key Features And Diffusion Of Advanced Technology In Developed Countries 2. Major Features Of The Process Of Technology Transfer In NEEI And NEFM 3. Mismatch Between Technology And Environment 4. The Nature Of The New Solution 5. The Relevance Of The New Solution To Firms From Developing Countries 9. Technology Transfer: a dynamic process of learning and organisational adaptation 125(4) Bibliography 129