Largely based on an empirical study of Egypt‟s car industry, the paper criticises traditional approaches to and models of technology transfer in the new age of openness to trade and FDI and in the light of Egyptian experience. It is argued that these ideas and models, such as technological...

Multinational corporations [MNCs] usually engage in foreign direct investment [FDI] to take cost advantages of producing abroad to negate the need for licensing or subsidiary production. At the macro level, FDI accounts for significant proportions of MNCs total investment and has discernible...

This paper addresses various issues relating to technology and transfer of technology such as technology and society, technology and science, channels and models of technology transfer, the role of multinational companies in transfer of technology, etc. The ultimate objective is to pose the...

The paper looks at the locality question in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) theories. For a long time the locality issues in FDI seem to have been overshadowed by globalism. Locality issues, however, have been kept alive from two angles one of which includes diverse individuals who are...

This paper traces the origins of the global car industry and charts its evolution during the 20th century. The focus is on the main drivers of the globalisation of the industry with emphasis on the position of developing countries in this process.