Learning by doing: the first Spanish nuclear power plant
Fecha
2018Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa
Impacto
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10.1017/S0007680518000053
Resumen
In the nuclear sector, turnkey projects can be considered an investment in obtaining information through “learning by doing” to capture rents from the next generation of reactors. As the first U.S. turnkey export project, the first Spanish nuclear power plant served that purpose and paved the way to the subsequent growth of the nuclear sector, for both Spanish and U.S. firms. Making use of archiv ...
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In the nuclear sector, turnkey projects can be considered an investment in obtaining information through “learning by doing” to capture rents from the next generation of reactors. As the first U.S. turnkey export project, the first Spanish nuclear power plant served that purpose and paved the way to the subsequent growth of the nuclear sector, for both Spanish and U.S. firms. Making use of archival material, we analyse the networks created by the government, experts, and business leaders, which sought to obtain, accumulate, and learn from the scarce and conflicting information about atomic technology that was available at the time. We also discern how firms on both sides of the Atlantic acquired and perfected the specific capabilities required to build a commercial nuclear reactor. [--]
Materias
Energy,
Micro-business history,
Choice of technology,
International linkages to development
Editor
Cambridge University Press
Publicado en
Business History Review, 92 (Spring 2018): 29–55
Notas
This article has been published in a revised form in Business History Review, 92 (Spring 2018): 29–55, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007680518000053. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 2018.
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Economía /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ekonomia Saila
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Entidades Financiadoras
Funds for this research were made available by the
Spanish government through Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) research
project reference HAR2014-53825-R.