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Author-Name: Doranova, Asel
Author-Email: asel.doranova@technopolis-group.com
Author-Workplace-Name: Technopolis Consulting Group
Author-Name: Costa, Ionara
Author-Email: ionara.da.costa@gmail.com
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Author-Name: Duysters, Geert
Author-Email: g.m.duysters@tue.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Eindhoven University of Technology and Tilburg University
Title: Absorptive capacity in technological learning in clean development mechanism 
	 projects
Abstract: Technology transfer in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) 
	 projects of the Kyoto Protocol has become one of the important issues 
	 addressed both in policy agenda and by academic scholars. In many CDM 
	 project host countries, technology transfer is among the key provisions 
	 of sustainable development objectives of the CDM projects. This study is 
	 an effort to investigate CDM projects' related technology transfer 
	 process from the organizational learning perspective. The prerequisite 
	 for successful technology transfer and organizational technological 
	 learning is to foster technological capabilities (TC) of an 
	 organization. In this study we used data from our survey of the CDM 
	 project host organizations in four largest CDM host countries India, 
	 Brazil, Mexico and China. We assessed TC building progress and studied 
	 various characteristics of the organizations. The present paper focuses 
	 on absorptive capacity related determinants of technological capability 
	 building in the CDM projects. Absorptive capacity is a multidimensional 
	 concept thus we investigated the effect of the dimensions such as prior 
	 knowledge, personnel qualification, and training efforts. A strong 
	 positive association was established between prior knowledge and TC 
	 building; and less for qualification variable. Besides we proved a 
	 curvilinear relationship between prior knowledge and TC building 
	 outcomes.
Classification-JEL: O13, O19, O57
Keywords: Clean Development Mechanism, Technology transfer, 
	 technological capability building, technological learning, absorptive capacity
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2011
Number: 010
File-URL: http://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/wppdf/2011/wp2011-010.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2011010