Message-ID: <19991130004311.86107.qmail@hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:42:47 PST From: "Turlough F. Guerin" <mailto:turloughg@HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: Opening of China & Transferring Environment-Related Technologies To: mailto:DEVEL-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Greetings:I am interested to learn about some of the successes (and failures) you may know of with regard to western companies & individuals attempting to transfer environmental technologies into China and SE Asia. I am particularly interested in Australian companies [but do not want to limit discussion to these if other have relevant experience].
To give you more context,I am distilling key learnings from individuals and companies who have been involved in bringing technology (particularly those technologies with an environmental focus and derived from Australia) into mainland China and more generally, into SE Asian countries. And that includes both "hard" and "soft" technologies, i.e. environmental management advice.
Specifically, I am interested to know:
1. Why have certain activities of technology transfer been successful and others not?
2 What is unique (if anything) about transferring Australian environmental technologies to China and SE Asia and what have we (i.e practitioners)learnt so far?
3. What are the specific technical areas (examples) where Australian entrepreneurs might successfully sell environmental technologies to China and SE Asia?
4. What are the related areas (that the government and private sector) should be pursuing in research?
5. How do existing government policies (in Australia, China or elsewhere)favour (or hinder) the transfer to China of particular environmental technologies?
I look forward to reading your comments.
Turlough
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TURLOUGH F. GUERIN
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISER
14 Scotts Road, Far East Plaza #19-07
REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE 228213
Phone: 65-731-4427 Fax: 65-235-3316
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