Electrifying Finland : the transfer of a new technology into a late industrialising economy
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Electrifying Finland : the transfer of a new technology into a late industrialising economy
（Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, A15）
Macmillan in association with ETLA, 1991
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Effective transferring technology into developing countries with a narrow industrial basis is one of the problems of our time. In history, many countries attempted to solve this problem. The transfer of electrical technology to Finland is a case study which presents an extraordinary but still successful solution. The book aims to answer to two questions. Firstly, it provides an explanation why electrification proceeded in Finland at least as rapidly as the average for European economies although the country was an overwhelmingly agricultural economy. Secondly, it shows how Finland was able to develop on the basis of this new technology without losing national control of the process. The country relied in the transfer of electrical technology mainly on transfer channels other than direct foreign investments and thrived. Finland had enough engineers, skilled workers, indigenous know-how, and entrepeneurial ability to develop its electricity supply industry without excessive foreign involvement. This sharply contradicts a common conviction on the essential role of multi-national companies in technology transfer.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: the scope of the study
- the build-up of a new technology - some theoretical notes
- the objectives of the study. Part 2 An outline of Finnish electrification: a background view
- the formative years
- diversification
- the emergence of foreign involvement
- Finnish hydropower, the Russian market and foreign business
- the wartime energy crisis
- regional power systems in the interwar period
- electricity supply in distress
- the post-war hydropower boom
- restructuring electricity production. Part 3 Electricity supply: supply factors
- labour force and technical education
- hydropower
- steam power
- other prime movers
- electrical equipment
- the financing of investments
- electricity generation
- discussion. Part 4 Demand for electricity: demand factors
- industry
- transport
- agriculture and rural electrification
- the tertiary sector and households
- price competition between fuels and electricity
- discussion. Part 5 The interaction of electricity and the economy: linkages
- the repercussions of electrification
- electricity and economic growth. Part 6 Conclusions: the theme of the study
- the pace of electrification
- the channels for technology transfer.
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