Technology transfer by CDM projects

Learning and technological capability building in emerging economies: The case of the biomass power equipment industry in Malaysia

“…With notable exceptions (e.g. Lema and Lema, 2013), policy-oriented studies which have attended to the importance of technological capability building through low carbon technology transfer have also, to date, largely failed to analyse individual firm-level learning mechanisms, often relying on relatively crude typologies of technology transfer applied to large datasets of project proposals (Haites et al, 2006;Das, 2011). The historical, in-depth analysis applied in the current paper suggests one way of overcoming the methodological limitations of these other efforts.…”

Factors driving international technology transfer: empirical insights from a CDM project survey

“…Most studies also control for the type of technology or sectors. The findings by Haites et al (2006), Seres et al (2009) andWeitzel et al (2014) suggest that the likelihood of technology transfer is higher for wind power projects and lower for hydro power projects (see also Murphy et al, 2013 As a result of using the CDM Pipeline as the basis for empirical analysis, some of the factors that have been highlighted in the literature on international technology transfer have not been adequately included in previous studies, since they are not included in the CDM Pipeline. These include technological characteristics related to the tacitness of knowledge embodied in a technology and the choice of transfer channel (Hakanson, 2000;Stock & Tatikonda, 2000;Tsang, 1997).…”

“…Dechezleprêtre et al, 2008Dechezleprêtre et al, , 2009Haites et al, 2006;Haščič & Johnstone, 2011;Schmid, 2012;Weitzel et al, 2014). These factors typically include project size, the technology sector, the length of a host country's experience with the CDM and its technological capabilities.…”

“…According to Murphy et al (2013), about 40 % of registered CDM projects involve technology transfer. Haites, Duan, and Seres (2006) and Seres, Haites and Murphy (2009) report that about one third of CDM projects, accounting for about 60 % of the CDM's annual emissions reductions, involve technology transfer. Das (2011), on the other hand, concludes that the "contribution of the CDM to technology transfer can at best be regarded as minimal" (Das, 2011, p. 28).…”

“…For example, Dechezleprêtre et al (2008), Haites et al (2006), Schmid (2012, and Seres et al (2009) find that larger projects are more likely to involve technology transfer. Dechezleprêtre et al (2008) explain this with the fact that technology transfer costs are fixed and thus represent an impediment to smaller projects.…”