Cargando…

Embedded technology transfer from an institution and culture nexus perspective: Experiences from the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard-Gauge Railway

Modern railway projects, characterized by “natural monopoly”, large investment, and far-reaching influences, are highly dependent on the institutional and cultural environments in China. The countries along the Belt and Road are characterized by weak institutions, unstable politics, and poor technol...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wang, Jiaoe, Du, Fangye, Wu, Mingquan, Liu, Weidong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8240777/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11442-021-1865-5
_version_ 1783715273677733888
author Wang, Jiaoe
Du, Fangye
Wu, Mingquan
Liu, Weidong
author_facet Wang, Jiaoe
Du, Fangye
Wu, Mingquan
Liu, Weidong
author_sort Wang, Jiaoe
collection PubMed
description Modern railway projects, characterized by “natural monopoly”, large investment, and far-reaching influences, are highly dependent on the institutional and cultural environments in China. The countries along the Belt and Road are characterized by weak institutions, unstable politics, and poor technology foundations, which are largely different from China. These factors are severe obstacles to international technology transfer. By summarizing the experiences from the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard-Gauge Railway (SGR) project, this study proposes a framework for embedded technology transfer with a technology-institution-culture nexus. The results indicate that technology localization, including technology standards, management mode, and industrial chain, should be realized in the process of technology transfer. Then, the host government ought to overhaul its institutional and policy framework to support the infrastructure projects. Moreover, the cultural conflicts between the transferor and transferee should be taken seriously. This experience could provide references for other international infrastructure technology transfers.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8240777
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher Science Press
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-82407772021-06-29 Embedded technology transfer from an institution and culture nexus perspective: Experiences from the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard-Gauge Railway Wang, Jiaoe Du, Fangye Wu, Mingquan Liu, Weidong J. Geogr. Sci. Special Issue: Case Studies of Belt and Road Construction Modern railway projects, characterized by “natural monopoly”, large investment, and far-reaching influences, are highly dependent on the institutional and cultural environments in China. The countries along the Belt and Road are characterized by weak institutions, unstable politics, and poor technology foundations, which are largely different from China. These factors are severe obstacles to international technology transfer. By summarizing the experiences from the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard-Gauge Railway (SGR) project, this study proposes a framework for embedded technology transfer with a technology-institution-culture nexus. The results indicate that technology localization, including technology standards, management mode, and industrial chain, should be realized in the process of technology transfer. Then, the host government ought to overhaul its institutional and policy framework to support the infrastructure projects. Moreover, the cultural conflicts between the transferor and transferee should be taken seriously. This experience could provide references for other international infrastructure technology transfers. Science Press 2021-06-29 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8240777/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11442-021-1865-5 Text en © Science Press Springer-Verlag 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
spellingShingle Special Issue: Case Studies of Belt and Road Construction
Wang, Jiaoe
Du, Fangye
Wu, Mingquan
Liu, Weidong
Embedded technology transfer from an institution and culture nexus perspective: Experiences from the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard-Gauge Railway
title Embedded technology transfer from an institution and culture nexus perspective: Experiences from the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard-Gauge Railway
title_full Embedded technology transfer from an institution and culture nexus perspective: Experiences from the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard-Gauge Railway
title_fullStr Embedded technology transfer from an institution and culture nexus perspective: Experiences from the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard-Gauge Railway
title_full_unstemmed Embedded technology transfer from an institution and culture nexus perspective: Experiences from the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard-Gauge Railway
title_short Embedded technology transfer from an institution and culture nexus perspective: Experiences from the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard-Gauge Railway
title_sort embedded technology transfer from an institution and culture nexus perspective: experiences from the mombasa-nairobi standard-gauge railway
topic Special Issue: Case Studies of Belt and Road Construction
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8240777/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11442-021-1865-5
work_keys_str_mv AT wangjiaoe embeddedtechnologytransferfromaninstitutionandculturenexusperspectiveexperiencesfromthemombasanairobistandardgaugerailway
AT dufangye embeddedtechnologytransferfromaninstitutionandculturenexusperspectiveexperiencesfromthemombasanairobistandardgaugerailway
AT wumingquan embeddedtechnologytransferfromaninstitutionandculturenexusperspectiveexperiencesfromthemombasanairobistandardgaugerailway
AT liuweidong embeddedtechnologytransferfromaninstitutionandculturenexusperspectiveexperiencesfromthemombasanairobistandardgaugerailway