Developing Countries Case

The purpose of this study is to review the technological development policy and options in developing countries with special reference to the cement industry. A review of the international cement market, mathematical models for location and demand forecasting, technology transfer and finally a case study undertaken to determine the various options with emphasis on mixing capacity expansion projects with technology transfer activities. The argument will finally be focused on to a case study where the impact of the hypothesis will be tested. This case study is the result of work undertaken by the author with the Iranian cement industry. The principal conclusions of the study are that the current situation prevailing in the developing countries are mainly due to problems which are internal rather than external and these problems cannot be solved from outside