Competing technologies and the struggle towards a new dominant design: The emergence of the hybrid vehicle at the expense of the fuel cell vehicle?

Greener Management International

Volumn , Issue 47, 2004, Pages 29-43

  Hekkert, Marko ^a   van de Hoed, Robert ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automotive industry structure; Fuel cell vehicles; Hybrid vehicles; Technology policy; Transition

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

FELINE CALICIVIRUS;

EID: 33646566342     PISSN: 09669671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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