在现代国家垄断资本主义对国外科技联系的方式中,在世界资本主义体系的中心和外围之间建立的许可证关系正获得越来越重要的意义。美国、西欧国家和日本的公司与年轻的独立国家之间的许可证贸易是科技成就国际商业交换最活跃的部份。实际上,在七十年代期间,主要资本主义国家在亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲国家出售技术而得到的许可证收入的平均增长速 In the modern way in which state monopoly capitalism is linked to foreign science and technology, the licensing relationship established between the center and the periphery of the world capitalist system is gaining more and more significance. Licensing trade between companies in the United States, Western European countries and Japan and younger, independent countries is the most active part of international business exchange for technological achievements. In fact, during the seventies, the average growth rate of license income from the sale of technology by major capitalist countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America