Creating and shaping innovation systems: Formal networks in the innovation system for stationary fuel cells in Germany

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1909-1922

  Musiolik, Jörg ^a   Markard, Jochen ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fuel cell technology; System resources; Technological innovation system

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED ENERGY; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; GERMANY; IN-DEPTH STUDY; INNOVATION NETWORK; INNOVATION SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE; NOT GIVEN; STANDARDIZED COMPONENTS; STATIONARY FUEL CELLS; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM RESOURCES; TECHNICAL GUIDELINES; TECHNICAL STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; VALUE CHAINS; VOCATIONAL TRAINING;

FUEL CELLS; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

DECENTRALIZATION; ENERGY POLICY; FUEL CELL; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 79952317140     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.12.052     Document Type: Article

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