INVESTIGADORES
ARZA Valeria
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
The politics of technological upgrading: international transfer to and adaptation of GM cotton in Argentina
Autor/es:
ARZA, VALERIA; VAN ZWANENBERG, PATRICK
Lugar:
Buenos Aires
Reunión:
Seminario; SIDPA; 2014
Institución organizadora:
UBA - UNIVERSIDAD DE GRAL SARMIENTO
Resumen:
We describe patterns of international transfer to and adaptation of genetically modified (GM) cotton in Argentina, and ask whether political bargaining between the technology owner, a multinational enterprise (MNE), and host country actors may have influenced upgrading. We suggest that the MNE was able to use its exclusive capacity to upgrade GM cotton technologies as a negotiation tool to persuade host actors to change the rules that affected its multi-lines of business in the country. This implies wider policy scope to encourage technology upgrading; host actors could negotiate over a wider range of aspects of interest to MNEs.
