Technology transfer by transnational corporations in Egypts car industry, Dr Ali Shamsavari, Dr Yasser Taha

Dr Ali Shamsavari
Kingston University
United Kingdom
Dr Yasser Taha
Bahrain University
Bahrain
Abstract/Summary: Largely based on an empirical study of Egypts car industry, this paper criticises traditional approaches to and models of technology transfer in the new age of openness to trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and in the light of Egyptian experience. It is argued that these ideas and models, such as technological independence, need to be reexamined.
Citation: Shamsavari, A., Taha, Y. (2007): Technology transfer by transnational corporations in Egypts car industry. In Ahmed, A. (Eds.): Science,Technology and Sustainability in the Middle East and North Africa, Vol. 1, pp. 116 - 131. WASD: Brighton, United Kingdom.