Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Mytelka, Lynn K. 
Author-Email: mytelka@intech.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Title: New Wave Technologies: Their Emergence, Diffusion and Impact. The Case of Hydrogen
	 Fuel Cell Technology and the Developing World
Abstract: The application of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology within the
	 automotive industry is turning into reality what was until quite recently a utopian
	 vision. The use of hydrogen as a fuel source is the latest advance in the so-called
	 new wave technologies - earlier technological waves were the development of
	 information and communication technologies (ICTs) and biotechnology. The paper
	 sketches out the main developments that have taken place in the race among the
	 world's largest car manufacturers to develop hydrogen fuelled cells as an
	 alternative to conventional fuels. As with earlier technologies, however, the
	 successful introduction of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles raises the specter of an
	 even broader technological divide between North and South. The paper argues that
	 developing countries need to start positioning themselves now to 'catch up' with
	 these developments by investing in research, training and the building of strategic
	 alliances and knowledge networks
Keywords: Hydrogen Fuel, Innovations, Technology Transfer, Car Industry, Developing
	 Countries
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 2003
Number: 2003-03
File-URL: https://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/2003-3.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 235 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:200303