Putting science
at the heart of development
Definitions
List of terms for Technology Transfer.
Developing countries are increasingly recognising the importance of science in developing their economies, and the challenges that entails.
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Tacit knowledge
Knowledge that has not been codified, but remains held in the heads and embodied in skills of researchers, and in the owner/managers and key employees of companies (see also intangible assets and codified knowledge) (ECC).
Technological capability
The ability to make use of knowledge to acquire, assimilate, adapt, and change existing technologies and develop new products and processes (see also technological learning).
Technological learning
The process of accumulating the capability to innovate (see also technological capabilities and innovation).
Technology transfer
The broad set of processes covering the exchange of knowledge, money and goods amongst different stakeholders that leads to the spreading of technology for adapting to or mitigating climate change.
Turn-key project
Industrial projects in which a contracted company is responsible for the overall development and management of the investment project and the client only for the operation.
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