Contents
Lisi of figures
Lisi of tables
List of contributors
Preface and acknowledgements

1 Introduction and overview
Sanjaya Lall and Shujiro Urata

2 Foreign direct investment, technology development and competitiveness: issues and evidence
Sanjaya Lall

3 Competitiveness and technology: an international comparison
Hiroki Kawai and Shujiro Urata

4 Building technological capabilities with or without inward direct investment: the case of Japan
Akira Goto and Hiroyuki Odagiri

5 Overseas R&D activities and intra-firm technology transfer: the case of Japanese multinationais
Shujiro Urata and Hiroki Kawai

6 The dynamics of technology development: lessons from the Korea experience
Linsu Kim

7 Technology acquisition and development in Taiwan
Bee- Yan A w

8 From using to creating technology: the evolution of Singapore's national innovation system and the changing role of public policy
Poh Kam Wong

9 In search of balance: technological development in China
Yang Yao

10 Can the Philippines ever catch up?
Joy J' Abrenica and Gwendolyn It Tecson

11 Industrial technology transition in Malaysia
Rajah Rasiah

12 Foreign direct investment, technology and competitiveness in Thailand
Peter Brimbie

13 Technology development in Indonesia
Yumiko Okamoto and Fredrik Sjoholm

Index