ABSTRACT
Technology has been another area in which collectives were better placed than their private counterparts to benefit through officials using connections with state-run enterprises to establish various forms of cooperation or subcontracting. This particularly benefited rural areas near large cities rich in state-owned industrial enterprises and research units. Yet, even for more remote areas, study tours by local cadres and their visits to successful models, often far away, can enable them to serve as a valuable conduit of information concerning new products and techniques.
Personnel recruitment and development were also easier for township and village collectives. Part-time work by personnel from state-owned enterprises was more acceptable when seen as assisting with the public sector than with the private. Residence permits for staff and their families were also in the gift of the local authority when it came to recruiting from outside the area. Managerial and technical staff were also attracted to the collectives by better tems and conditions of service than those on offer from private entrepreneurs.
