The article looks at three central points of discussion to do with the importance of technology in productive and business development in Latina America and the Caribbean. In the first section, the author attempts to sketch where Latin America and the Caribbean stand in terms of technological development and competitiveness in relation to other of the world´s developed and developing regions. The second section briefly highlights the features of the newly emergent world economic order, in an attempt to place the region in the present international context and proposing a number relevant suggestions for its development. In the third part, the author suggests some policies aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of the region´s companies within the framework of CEPAL´s recent proposals for “productive development with social equality”. The article winds up with a brief reference ...

The article analyses recent foreign investment in Peru under the new development strategy. It examines the changes that have come about in the composition of flows, the new features they present, the explanatory factors and the significance of all of these from the standpoint of the aimed competitive development.   The article concludes that there is a need to combine an explicit development strategy with a regulatory framework and adequate macroeconomic management, in a way oriented towards expanding Peru's stock of technological know-how. Such a policy should include an institutional development oriented towards increasing "social technological absorption capacity", so that the contribution of transnational corporations and foreign investment will give rise to a process of industrial and technological learning as a prelude to following phases of competitive innovation and consequent d...

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The article looks at three central points of discussion to do with the importance of technology in productive and business development in Latina America and the Caribbean. In the first section, the author attempts to sketch where Latin America and the Caribbean stand in terms of technological development and competitiveness in relation to other of the world´s developed and developing regions. The second section briefly highlights the features of the newly emergent world economic order, in an attempt to place the region in the present international context and proposing a number relevant suggestions for its development. In the third part, the author suggests some policies aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of the region´s companies within the framework of CEPAL´s recent proposals for “productive development with social equality”. The article winds up with a brief reference ...

The article analyses recent foreign investment in Peru under the new development strategy. It examines the changes that have come about in the composition of flows, the new features they present, the explanatory factors and the significance of all of these from the standpoint of the aimed competitive development. The article concludes that there is a need to combine an explicit development strategy with a regulatory framework and adequate macroeconomic management, in a way oriented towards expanding Peru's stock of technological know-how. Such a policy should include an institutional development oriented towards increasing “social technological absorption capacity“, so that the contribution of transnational corporations and foreign investment will give rise to a process of industrial and technological learning as a prelude to following phases of competitive innovation and consequent ...

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