Arza, ValeriaZwanenberg, Patrick van2012-11-062012-11-062012http://hdl.handle.net/10625/50507ManuscriptIn this paper we explore how and why the affiliate of a multinational seed firm has adapted genetically modified cotton technologies, created elsewhere, for commercialisation within Argentina's agricultural sector. We argue that whilst a conventional economic rationale, such as market size, costs of local research and development, and the ability to appropriate benefits partly explain patterns of adaptation, the kinds of adaptation actually undertaken also reflect the outcome of political bargaining processes. Our findings imply that developing country governments may have scope for encouraging the international transfer and adaptation of foreign technology beyond the provision of economic incentives.Text1 digital file (41 p. : ill.)application/pdfenAGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGYMULTI-NATIONAL SEED INDUSTRYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSPOLITICAL BARGAININGLATIN AMERICAARGENTINASMALL FARMERSTRANSGENIC COTTONSOCIOTECHNICAL CONFIGURATIONSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICYGENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMSCOTTONINNOVATION ADOPTIONGOVERNMENTPOLITICAL SYSTEMSECOSYSTEMSBOLL WEEVILCOST BENEFIT ANALYSISPATENT LAWSEED COLLECTIONIDRC-Related Report