1st Edition

Tech Transfer Ussr/hs

By George D Holliday Copyright 1980
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

This analysis of the basic Soviet orientation to the international economy in general, and to Western technology in particular, examines the Soviet experience in borrowing technology from the West during two periods, 1928–1937 and 1966–1975. It includes case studies of three major projects in the Soviet automotive industry. Dr. Holliday studies the methods used by the Soviet Union to acquire... Read more
Westview Replica Editions -- Introduction -- The International Transfer of Technology: A General Discussion -- The Role of Western Technology in the Stalinist and Post-Stalinist Economic Systems -- Evolution of Soviet Attitudes and Institutions -- Western Technology Transfer to the Soviet Automotive Industry: The Gorkii Automobile Plant -- Western Technology Transfer to the Soviet Automotive Industry: The Volga Automobile Plant and the Kama River Truck Plant -- Conclusions -- Appendixes -- Western Companies having Cooperation Agreements with the Soviet State Committee for Science and Technology -- Major Soviet Compensation Projects, 1976 -- Soviet Automobile Production -- Soviet Exports of Automobiles, 1966–1976

Biography

George D. Holliday is an analyst in international trade and finance with the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.