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teclinolo^y extended elsewhere. However, each region, State, and 

 community has its own particularities, so that a technology that serves 

 one region well may not be equally compatible with the economy, law, 

 or customs of others. The successful transfer of technology may re- 

 quire considerable advance study of these obstacles ; adjustments may 

 be needed not only in the teclinology being transferred but also in 

 the political or cultural climate of the region accepting the technology. 



(10) Management of technological ohsolescence. — A socioeconomic 

 structure is built up in response to every major technological advance. 

 When, eventually, an aging technology begins to be threatened by a 

 more viable system, uncomfortable adjustments are imposed on the 

 socioeconomic structure that is related to the aging technolog;y\ Obso- 

 lescence may imply the dismantling of a considerable system, the re- 

 tirement of a large element of economic activity, the transfer of num- 

 bers of people to new employments, declining value of capital, and 

 many changes in economic and social patterns. Science may be called 

 on to ease the conversion, defer it, or find new uses for the obsoleted 

 resources. Costs of introducing new technology sometimes omit taking 

 account of the costs of liquidating the technology rendered obsolete in 

 the process. 



The following analytical matrix shows the relevance of the 14 cases 

 studied for the 10 categories of policy factors of science and technology 

 listed above. It should be recognized that the inclusion of a factor in 

 the consideration of an issue carries no implication as to the quality 

 of treatment. Also, in practice, the 10 factors have a considerable de- 

 gree of interrelationship ; the separate consideration of some of them 

 in the management of an issue carries no implication as to the extent 

 to which the different factors were articulated or harmonized. Those 

 who wish to pursue one of the 10 categories through some of the 14 

 cases, in order to see the factor in operation, or to assess its importance, 

 can identify from the chart which cases are appropriate to consult. 



(The chart referred to follows :) 



