ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the role of industrial policy and social structures in the implementation of technology transfer in the textile industry and electronics industry in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand - evaluates a survey of managers covering sources of technical...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the impact of market structure and business organization on technological change in the automatic control machine tool industry in Japan - based on a 1982 sample survey of 40 industrial enterprises, discusses research and development trends, demand, production,...

Examines the social consequences of restructuring and investigates the role social dialgue can play in finding socially responsible ways to mitigate the effects of restructuring. Includes brief comparisons with the banking and financial services industry, postal services and public utilities.

Drawing on the experience of semi-industrialised countries in technological accumulation, discusses how developing countries can take better advantage of foreign technology. Considers in particular how domestic technological capabilities and skills can be mobilised.