Context matters: How existing sectors and competing technologies affect the prospects of the Swiss Bio-SNG innovation system

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 635-649

  Wirth, Steffen ^a   Markard, Jochen ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Context analysis; Emerging technologies; Lock in; Sectoral coupling; Technological innovation system

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CONTEXT ANALYSIS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; LOCK-IN; SECTORAL COUPLING; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

AGRICULTURE; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

BIOENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; POLICY MAKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79952707639     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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