Torre Campo, Joseba de laRubio Varas, María del Mar2018-09-102018-09-1020180007-6805 (Print)2044-768X (Electronic)10.1017/S0007680518000053https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/30588This 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.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.application/pdfeng© The President and Fellows of Harvard College 2018EnergyMicro-business historyChoice of technologyInternational linkages to developmentArtículo / Artikuluainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAcceso abierto / Sarbide irekia