技术、思想、知识或信息在市场上的买卖尽管仍然有某些缺陷 ,但越来越多的证据表明它们已经比以前要普遍得多了。在本文中 ,作者认为这些市场改变了传统的观念 ,即公司想要引进发明创造只是为了发展企业内部的技术 ,或者只是为了占有生产和销售商品所需的下游资产而开发技术。这种变化既影响了技术的使用者 (他们可以“购买技术”) ,也影响了技术的提供者 (他们可以“出售”技术 )。本文还讨论了这种变化的其它影响 ,特别指出的一点是 ,“创造性劳动力分工”可以成为国际技术交易中一个强有力的机制。文章分析了一个有趣的例证 :一种化学工艺通过专门从事开发和供给技术的中介公司从发达国家推广到发展中国家。文章的结尾讨论了全球化技术市场背景下的国家政策问题 While there are still some flaws in the buying and selling of technology, ideas, knowledge or information in the market, there is growing evidence that they are much more commonplace than before. In this article, the authors argue that these markets have changed the traditional notion that firms want to introduce inventions only for the purpose of developing technologies within the enterprise or simply to develop technologies that capture the downstream assets needed to produce and sell the goods. This change affects both technology users (who can “buy technology”) and technology providers (who can “sell” technology). The article also discusses the other effects of this change, notably pointing out that “creative work division of labor” can become a powerful mechanism in international technology transactions. The article analyzes an interesting example: a chemical process is promoted from developed countries to developing countries through intermediary companies specializing in development and supply technologies. The article concludes with a discussion of national policy issues in the context of a global technology market