Using the technological capability methodology, this paper examines the development of technological capabilities and economic performance in a sample of electronics firms in Malaysia. The technological capabilities improved significantly in both the broader category of electronics and in the...

This paper has two main purposes. First, it examines the way technological change has been treated in the analysis of labour surplus dual economies, concluding that technological dynamism actually 'matters' in the labour surplus phase of development. The discussion is based on Arthur Lewis's...