Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Perrot, Radhika
Author-Email: perrot@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Author-Name: Filippov, Sergey
Author-Email: s.filippov@tudelft.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Delft University of Technology
Title: Localisation strategies of firms in wind energy technology development  
Abstract: This paper looks at the localisation strategies of multinational 
	 companies in wind energy sector in the emerging countries of China and 
	 India. It seeks to explain why western multinationals are localising new 
	 manufacturing and R&D facilities in emerging economies such as China and 
	 India, and how local knowledge and capabilities are being increasingly 
	 integrated into global technology and manufacturing networks of 
	 multinationals. It explores the reasons behind the localisation of 
	 multinational companies that helps them gain strategic access to wind 
	 energy technological capabilities in emerging economies. It examines the 
	 case of the company Vestas in expanding wind energy cluster of Tianjin 
	 in China and Chennai in India. At the strategic level, it explains the 
	 importance of the role of local capabilities and skills in the global 
	 production networks of multinationals. At the policy level, the 
	 discussions leading from the case focuses on the concrete steps 
	 necessary to integrate technology and innovation more closely into 
	 development of sustainable energy markets in developing countries. 
Classification-JEL: F23, L72, O32, Q20, Q42
Keywords: renewables, multinational companies, emerging economies
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2010
Number: 2010-047
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2010/wp2010-047.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2010047