Beyond the emission market: Kyoto and the international expansion of waste management firms

Costa, Ionara, Doranova, Asel and Eenhoorn, Geert-Jan. Beyond the emission market: Kyoto and the international expansion of waste management firms. UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series. UNU-MERIT.

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    Author Costa, Ionara
    Doranova, Asel
    Eenhoorn, Geert-Jan
    Title Beyond the emission market: Kyoto and the international expansion of waste management firms
    Series Title UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series
    Volume/Issue No. 2008-020
    Place of Publication Maastricht
    Publisher UNU-MERIT
    Language eng
    Abstract This paper analyses the participation of firms without GHG emission liabilities as technology providers in CDM and JI projects, the flexibility mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol. It argues that the motivations for those firms to engaging in CDM and JI projects is based on market stimuli beyond those related to the emission market itself. Instead, their motivations are largely associated with search for new markets where their technological resources and expertise can be exploited. The analysis is based on three firms from the Dutch waste management industry. These cases suggest that the Kyoto�s mechanisms compensate to some extent the weakness of the underdeveloped waste management sector in developing and transition economies.
    Keyword Waste management industry
    Kyoto protocol
    International expansion
    Firm-specific advantages
    Copyright Holder UNU-MERIT
    Copyright Year 2008
    ISSN 1871-9872
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