Transfer and Adaptation of Technology: Unilever as a Case Study

K. H. Veldhuis
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K. H. Veldhuis: Unilever Limited

Chapter 11 in Appropriate Technologies for Third World Development, 1979, pp 219-238 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract It is said nowadays that commercial companies, and particularly multinational ones, are one of the most important routes via which technology is transferred to developing countries. What is often called into question, however, is how appropriate is a particular technology to the country concerned. What, in fact, is meant by ‘appropriate’ in this context?

Keywords: Market Research; Cocoa Butter; Local Company; Local Industry; Toilet Soap (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1979
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03931-9_11

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