Technology Transfer to Developing Countries: The International Technological Gatekeeper (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Thomas J. Allen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265432200 ISBN 13: 9780265432204

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how gatekeepers connect scientists to world-changing technology, speeding development.

This nonfiction study explains how a national network of communication stars—gatekeepers—links local researchers to foreign science and technology. It shows how tightly connected gatekeeper networks can bring external knowledge into everyday work, across geographic divisions and centers within a country.

The book also offers practical guidance on building these networks. It argues that foreign research experience, not foreign study alone, strengthens a country’s ability to import technology. It provides evidence on how sabbaticals, fellowships, and long-term international engagement sustain communication, and it discusses how to integrate foreign nationals into domestic networks without forcing a perfect fit as gatekeepers.

• How gatekeeper networks form and how they spread information through a lab or organization.
• Why hands-on foreign research experience builds enduring technology transfer links better than classroom study.
• Practical steps for governments: support abroad research, promote foreign sabbaticals, and encourage travel to maintain networks.
• How to integrate foreign nationals and use gatekeepers as buffers to make expertise relevant locally.

Ideal for policy makers, research managers, and scholars studying technology transfer and development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265432200
• ISBN 13: 9780265432204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 55