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

Climate Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1065-1084

  Gandenberger, Carsten ^a   Bodenheimer, Miriam ^a   Schleich, Joachim ^a,b   Orzanna, Robert ^a   Macht, Lioba ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Clean Development Mechanism; development and climate; energy technology; North South; technology transfer

Indexed keywords

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; ECONOMETRICS; EQUIPMENT; KNOWLEDGE; POLICY MAKING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84938839775     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2015.1069176     Document Type: Article

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