Institutional change from the margins of natural resource use: The emergence of small-scale bioenergy production within industrial forestry in Finland

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-188

  Åkerman, Maria ^a   Kilpiö, Aino ^b   Peltola, Taru ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boundary object; Classification; Forest management; Innovations; Institutions; Large technological system; Socio technical category; Technological transition

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY OBJECTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LARGE TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEM; SOCIOTECHNICAL; TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSITION;

INNOVATION; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

CLASSIFICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; INNOVATION; PAPER; PULPS;

EID: 74449084358     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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