The construction of the techno-economic: Networks vs. paradigms

Research Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 777-792

  Green, Ken ^a   Hull, Richard ^b   McMeekin, Andrew ^b   Walsh, Vivien ^a  

^a Mgmt Tech Change Manchester S   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Social actors; Techno economic networks; Techno economic paradigms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001383437     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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