Lock-in and break-out from technological trajectories: Modeling and policy implications

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 932-941

  Dolfsma, Wilfred ^a   Leydesdorff, Loet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Break out; Co evolution; Innovation system; Lock in; Technological paradigm

Indexed keywords

BREAK-OUT; CO-EVOLUTION; INNOVATION SYSTEM; LOCK-IN; TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGM;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TRAJECTORIES;

TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARADIGM SHIFT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 67651236787     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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