Technological progress in Latin America : the prospects for overcoming dependency / edited by James H. Street and Dilmus D. James.

List of figures, ix -- List of tables, xi -- Acknowledgments, xv -- Abbreviations, xvii -- About the contributors, xxi -- 1. Introduction / James H. Street and Dilmus D. James, 1 -- Part 1. The general nature of technological dependency, 11 -- 2. The extent of technological dependence in Latin America / C. Richard Bath and Dilmus D. James, 11 -- 3. On the diffusion of technology in Latin America / David Felix, 29 -- 4. Overcoming technological dependence in Latin America / James H. Street, 63 -- 5. The Economic case for more indigenous scientific and technological research and development in less developed countries / Dilmus D. James, 83 -- Part 2. Case studies in internal technological diffusion: sectors and countries, 111 -- 6. Acquiring and using technological information: barriers perceived by Colombian industrialists / Allen D. Jedlicka and Albert H. Rubenstein, 111 -- 7. The acquisition and use of technical knowledge by Mexican farmers of limited resources / Allen D. Jedlicka, 121 -- 8. Performance and technology of U.S. and national firms in Mexico / Loretta G. Fairchild, 129 -- 9. Organizational structure and innovativeness in the pulp and paper industry of Mexico / Viviane B. de Márquez, 149 -- 10. Limited search and the technology choices of multinational firms in Brazil / Samuel A. Morley and Gordon W. Smith, 173 -- 11. Adaptation by foreign firms to labor abundance in Brazil / Samuel A. Morley and Gordon W. Smith, 199 -- 12. Technological fusion and cultural interdependence: The Argentine case / James H. Street, 227 -- 13. The development of alternative construction technologies in Latin America / W. Paul Strassmann, 247.