Behavior of technology in reducing prices of innovative goods - An analysis of the governing factors of variance of PV module prices

Technovation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 423-436

  Watanabe, C ^a   Nagamatsu, A ^a   Griffy Brown, C ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prices formation; PV module; Technology incorporation; Technology spillover

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; POWER GENERATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

TECHNOLOGY SPILLOVER;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0037400870     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(01)00121-3     Document Type: Article

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