Interactive learning or technology transfer as a way to catch-up? Analysing the wind energy industry in Denmark and India

Kristinsson, Kari; Rao, Rekha

Abstract

This paper uses sectoral systems of innovation framework to examine the relationship between technology policy and industrial development by comparing the emergence of the wind energy industry in Denmark and India. Since the late 1970s Denmark has led the development of a global wind energy industry and in 2004 wind energy supplied 18.8 per cent of Denmark's electricity consumption. India was however a late entrant that managed in a few years to establish itself as the fifth largest producer of wind energy in the world. We suggest that India's unique policy of "interactive learning" with international and especially Danish actors, instead of imitation of foreign technology policies and institutions, was a substantial contributor to India's success in developing their wind energy industry.

Citation

Kristinsson, K., & Rao, R. (2008). Interactive learning or technology transfer as a way to catch-up? Analysing the wind energy industry in Denmark and India. Industry and Innovation, 15(3), 297-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/13662710802040903

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2008
• Journal: Industry and Innovation
• Print ISSN: 1366-2716
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-8390
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 297-320
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13662710802040903
• Keywords: wind energy industry, Denmark, India, sectoral systems of innovation, catch‐up, interactive learning, technology transfer
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1019866
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13662710802040903
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Published online 28 May 2008.