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

Autor
Gandenberger C, Bodenheimer M, Schleich J, Orzanna R, Macht L
Título de serie
Climate Policy | Vol. 16 (8), p. 1065-1084
Fecha
2016
Fuente
IUCN (ID: ANA-091039)
Editor | Lugar de publicación
Taylor & Francis | Oxon, United Kingdom
ISSN
1469-3062
Tipo de documento
Artículo en publicación
Idioma
Inglés
Campo de aplicación
Internacional
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Mecanismo de desarrollo limpio Cambio climático
Resumen

This study empirically explores factors driving international technology transfer via Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects by explicitly considering factors that have been identified in the literature on international technology transfer as being relevant for transfer success. These factors include technological characteristics, such as the novelty and complexity of a technology, as well as the use of different transfer channels. Employing data from an original survey of CDM project participants, the econometric analysis also distinguishes between knowledge and equipment transfer. The findings suggest that more complex technologies and the use of export as a transfer channel are both associated with a higher degree of technology transfer. Projects involving two- to five-year-old technologies seem more likely to involve technology transfer than both younger and older technologies. Energy supply and efficiency projects are correlated with a higher degree of technology transfer than non-energy projects. Unlike previous studies, technology transfer was not related to project size, to the length of time a country has hosted CDM projects, or to the host country's absorptive capacity. The findings for knowledge and equipment transfer are similar, but not identical.