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| Title | Problem of extractive technology transfer from the multinational corporation to the host countries: the case of the rich, underdeveloped countries |
| Creator/Author | Helal, A.M. |
| Publication Date | 1981 Jan 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 5615597 |
| Resource Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Resource Relation | Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.) |
| Subject | 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; OIL-IMPORTING COUNTRIES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PROFITS; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY |
| Description/Abstract | The multinational corporation consists of three components: a big company, a host country, and a home country. From reviewing the history of this big business engaged in extractive industry, with particular reference to petroleum, it is clear that they have had a one-sided tendency in profit-sharing. The first beneficiary is the company itself, its stockholders; the second is its home country; the third place is reserved for the host country. The problem of technology transfer raises a lot of controversial questions of special interest: how important is the need for technology to start or enhance development; does the multinational corporation technology lead to large local benefits either through high employment, training, etc., or through large revenues to the government; also, why does technology have two different meanings to the two sides; the host countries see it as a goal while the multinational corporations see it primarily as a means to extract the raw materials. From the data collected, this study shows that the rich underdeveloped countries have a high degree of dependency on their oil. They also had considerable expectation that the multinational oil companies would transfer technology to them. In this expectation, they have been sorely disappointed. The results is that, if this situation is not altered, the underdeveloped countries face an unpromising future. The key starting point in bringing about hopeful developments in this regard would necessitate fundamental changes in the current international economic order under which these companies operate. |
| Publisher | Claremont Graduate School,Claremont, CA |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: X; Size: Pages: 129 |
| Availability | University Microfilms Order No. 81-29,362. |
| System Entry Date | 2008 Feb 07 |
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