Diffusion of New Technologies in the Post-Communist World

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Diffusion of Technologies in Russia

   • Yakov M. Rabkin

   Pages 1-15

3. Strategies of Withdrawal

   • Pal Tamas

   Pages 17-39

4. Marketing Sovereign Science and Technology in Belarus

   • Gennady A. Nesvetailov

   Pages 41-49

5. Policies for Reduction of Atmospheric Pollution in the Former USSR

   • M. R. Hill

   Pages 51-74

6. Marketing of Software in Post-Communist Societies

   • Eric F. Peyrard, Max L. Peyrard

   Pages 75-91

7. Affordable Transfers of Environmental Technology

   • Manfred Gerstenfeld

   Pages 93-101

8. Consulting Companies for Promotion of High Technologies

   • Hanns Peter Muth

   Pages 103-113

9. Technological Patent Indicators as an Advanced Tool to Assess Technological Performance

   • V. M. Smith Jr.

   Pages 115-127

10. Technopolises and Technological Development: Analysis and Empirical Evidence from the French Case

    • C. Longhi, M. Quéré

    Pages 129-150

11. Diffusion of New Technologies Through Appropriate Education and Training

    • Okyay Kaynak, Asif Sabanovic

    Pages 151-160

12. Information and Decision Support Systems as a Challenge for New Democracies

    • Nikitas A. Assimakopoulos

    Pages 161-174

13. Back Matter

    Pages 175-177

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The end of this century has witnessed dramatic changes in morality, history and geography. These changes were felt throughout the world, and also across the entire gamut of professional concerns. Even relatively remote and seemingly insulated activities such as science and technology have experienced, and up to a point contributed to, these dramatic changes. This volume presents a series of views on the effect of these changes on science and technology, and more specifically, on the international diffusion of new technologies. These views come from a variety of fields, among them history and sociology of science, political science, information sciences, marketing. Yet, most authors share an interest in science policy studies which permeates this collection. It would be fair to say that this volume belongs to the intellectual domain known as STS, i. e. studies in Science, Technology and Society. The authors come from nine countries, and their contributions are expected to reflect this diversity. It is well known that the dominant lingua franca in the end of the 20th century is Broken English, with the possible exception of a minority of native English speakers some of whom fail to learn this new language. An attempt was therefore made throughout this volume to conform to a certain standard of English usage and, at the same time, to preserve the local flavour of expression, and the stylistic and cultural dimensions of each chapter.

• High-Tech Know How
• Marketing
• Soviet bloc
• education
• history of science and technology
• new technologies
• technology
• technology transfer

• University of Montreal, Canada

  Yakov M. Rabkin

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