Industrial Technology Development in Malaysia: Industry and Firm Studies

by Jomo Kwame Sundaram

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041519766X
• ISBN13: 9780415197663
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"