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This paper explores the strategies pursued by the firms in the Developing Countries to cope with technological dependence. It is proposed that the firms in the Developing Countries are showing trends toward developing an organizational infrastructure to facilitate technological innovations in order to reduce their technological dependence to the foreign suppliers of technology. This proposition is tested by utilizing the data collected from 61 Turkish firms. The implication of the emerging trends for the practicing managers are also offered.
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Karagozoglu, N. Managing technological dependence in the developing countries: Analysis at the firm level. J Technol Transfer 12, 65–70 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02371363
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02371363