TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A VIEWPOINT

Less developed countries are confronted with the problem of choosing among the different options of available technologies those that will lead them to the achievement of their economic and social goals faster. A review of the electronic revolution currently taking place in developed countries and throughout the world is presented and its impact upon manufacturing and process industries assessed. This electronic revolution has also made easier the application of management science in designing and controlling, in an optimum way, the different transformation systems and subsystems in a country. The problems of its implementation in less developed countries are briefly reviewed. A number of issues related to the transfer of technology from the developed to the less developed countries are discussed.