Controlling International Technology Transfer: Issues, Perspectives, and Policy Implications discusses topics that concern technology transfer control. The book assesses related issues and perspectives, as well as examines alternative policy imperatives from different perspectives. The text is comprised of 15 chapters, which are organized into three parts. The first part contains Chapters 1 to 8 that tackle the underlying issues of technology transfer control, such as alternative channel and modes, the impact of new control systems, pricing, taxation, and business practices. The second part contains Chapters 9 to 14, which cover topics concerning policy perspectives and implication, such as control incentives, technology importing/exporting, and control systems. The last part contains Chapter 15, which provides a closing discussion regarding actors, issues, and alternatives. This book will be of great interest to readers who are concerned with the technology transfer systems.

PrefaceIntroductionPart I - The Underlying Issues Chapter 1 Alternative Channels and Modes of International Resource Transmission Comments Chapter 2 Transfer and Style: A Historical Account Comments Chapter 3 The Role of the International Patent System in the International Transfer and Control of Technology Comments Chapter 4 The Impact of New Transnational Technology Transfer Control Systems on the International Patent System: A European Perspective Comments Chapter 3 The Pricing of International Technology Transfers via Nonaffiliate Licensing Arrangements Comments Chapter 6 Taxation and Technology Transfer Comments Chapter 7 Restrictive Business Practices and International Controls on Transfer of Technology Comments Chapter 8 Conflicts in the International Transfer of Technology: A U.S. Home Country View CommentsPart II - Policy Perspectives and Implications Chapter 9 Control and Incentives for Technology Transfer: A Multinational Perspective Comments Chapter 10 Technology-Importing National Perspectives Comments Chapter 11 Technology Exports and Technology Transfer Controls Comments Chapter 12 Technology Transfer and Control Systems: The Japanese Experience Comments Chapter 13 Technology Transfer Control Systems: The Case of East and Southeast Asian Developing Countries Comments Chapter 14 International Controls of Technology Transfer CommentsPart III - Conclusion Chapter 15 Technology Transfer Control Systems: Actors, Issues, and AlternativesAuthor Index