TY - BOOK AU - Stevens,Willy J. TI - Capital absorptive capacity in developing countries SN - 0902860071 AV - HC79.C3 S84 U1 - 332.041'091724 PY - 1971/// CY - Louvain [Belgium] PB - University of Louvain KW - Capital KW - Absorptive capacity (Economics) KW - Developing countries N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliography p. 251-255 N2 - The book is an attempt to shed some light on the conceptual confusion, by first reviewing the different definitions current in the literature, then proposing a quantifiable measure, and finally discussing policies which would increase absorptive capacity. The main contribution of the book is obviously intended to be the proposed definition, discussed at some length in Chapter 5, and termed the " National Financial Profitability Criterion" ER -