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Selecting Appropriate Product Concepts For Manufacture In Developing Countries, Danielle Johnson
Selecting Appropriate Product Concepts For Manufacture In Developing Countries, Danielle Johnson
Theses and Dissertations
There is a noticeable lack of production of indigenously engineered and manufactured products in Less Developed Countries (LDC's). Few products developed in these LDC's could be viable in competitive markets or even sold as components and supplies to other manufacturers of competitive goods. Assumintg that these less developed countries do not innovate and manufacture because they cannot, the next logical question to ask is why can they not?
This thesis looks at the problems of manufacture and design in LDC's from the standpoint of Product Development. It begins by looking at development theories, namely top down and bottom up and …