Industrial Technology Development in Malaysia: Industry and Firm Studies

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Greg Felker, K. S. Jomo, Rajah Rasiah
Routledge, 1 de fev. de 2013 - 416 páginas

This book, and its companion, Technology, Competitiveness and the State, examine and evaluate Malaysian industrialization in terms of its experience of and prospects for industrial technology development. The focus is on the development of Malaysia's technological-industrial base from a sector and firm-specific perspective, including the role of foreign multinationals in this process. Industrial Technology Development in Malaysia, provides a valuable analysis of the technological development of a Newly Industrializing Country and reflects on whether existing development strategies can be maintained in the wake of the financial crises sweeping the East Asian economies.

 

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1 Introduction
1
The Electronics Industry in Malaysia
21
Comparing Japanese and Malaysian Companies
38
4 Understanding Innovation in Electronics in Malaysia
76
The Electronics and Electrical Sector in Penang Malaysia
107
6 The Semiconductor Industry in Malaysia
125
Patterns of SubsidiaryParent Linkages and Technological CapabilityBuilding in Electronics Tnc Subsidiaries in Malaysia
150
8 Technology Transfer from Japanese Consumer Electronic Firms Via BuyerSupplier Relations
191
9 GovernmentBusiness CoOrdination and the Development of Eng Hardware
231
10 Technology Capacity Building in the Malaysian Automotive Industry
247
The Automobile Industries in Malaysia and Thailand
274
12 Trust and the Dynamics of Japanese Joint Ventures in Malaysia
301
13 Rents Technological Innovation and Firm Competitiveness in a Bumiputera Malaysian Firm
329
Policy Growth Technical Change and Competitiveness
360
Index
396
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Jomo K.S. is Professor in the Faculty of Economic s and Administration at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, and is the author of many works on the political economy of Malaysian development, including Industrializing Malaysia (Routledge 1993). Greg Felker is Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Science at Hon g Kon g University of Science and Technology. Raja h Rasia h is Professor of Industrial Organization in the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies at the National University of Malaysia, Selangor. He is the author of Foreign Capital and Industrialization in Malaysia (1995).

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