Stretch and fit: On governance in technological regimes

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 471-481

  Verheul, Hugo ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Institutional design; Metal plating industry; Sustainable development; Technological regimes; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PLATING; TECHNOLOGY;

TECHNOLOGICAL REGIME;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0041880463     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2002.003154     Document Type: Review

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