Policy entrepreneurship in the co-evolution of institutions, preferences, and technology: Comparing the diffusion of totally chlorine free pulp bleaching technologies in the US and Sweden

Research Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1366-1384

  Reinstaller, Andreas ^a,b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Consumer preferences; Elemental chlorine free (ECF) bleaching; Institutional change; Policy entrepreneurship; Pulp and paper industry; Totally chlorine free (TCF) bleaching

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CHLORINE; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PULP MANUFACTURE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COEVOLUTION; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; ELEMENTAL CHLORINE FREE (ECF) BLEACHING; INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; POLICY ENTREPRENEURSHIP; TOTALLY CHLORINE FREE (TCF) BLEACHING;

PUBLIC POLICY;

BLEACHING; BUSINESS STRATEGY; CHLORINE; DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONS; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP INDUSTRY; PULPING;

EID: 27744451041     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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