Science, Technology, And Development

Introduction -- Historical, Cultural and Contemporary Perspectives -- Innovation Theories and Science and Technology Policy: Historical Perspectives -- Innovation, Technology and the World Economy: Research and Policy Implications from a European Perspective -- Technological Self-Reliance, Dependence and Underdevelopment -- Epistemology and Ideology in Science, Technology and Development -- Innovation and Development -- Technology and Development: Some Implications of Recent Advances in the Economics of Innovation for the Process of Development -- Market Structure and Technological Behavior in Developing Countries -- New Technologies and Development -- The Diffusion and Production of New Technologies: The Case of Numerically Controlled Machine Tools -- The Output and Employment Impact of Microelectronics in the Third World: Some Conceptual Issues -- Microcomputers, Dams and Handpumps: Three Case Studies of Technology Transfer to the Developing Countries -- Regional Perspectives -- In Search of a Strategy for a National Science and Technology Policy in Africa -- Crisis, New Technologies and Social Movements -- Policy and Management Approaches -- The Dilemma of Managing R&D in India -- Indicators of Science and Technology for Development -- Facing the Future: The Need for International Technology Intelligence and Sourcing