International Gasification Technology Flow: From Developed Countries to China

With its burgeoning energy consumption and emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), China is central to addressing the problem of climate change. As the world leader in GHG emissions for years, China is under tremendous international pressure in the fight against climate change. Focusing on China's coal-to-chemicals industriesa major user of coal and significant contributor to GHG and other emissions in Chinathis paper seeks to explain how national policies have affected the deployment of coal gasification in China. In particular, the paper will exam the strategic response of innovative firms use in order to set a strong foothold in the Chinese emerging market: how are these firms balancing the crucial need to grow/retain the market share in the face of increased of competition from homegrown technology firms while also protecting their intellectual property right due to the weak IP regime in China.