Path dependence, path creation and creative destruction in the evolution of energy systems

Handbook of Research on Energy Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 274-301

  Lovio, Raimo ^a   Mickwitz, Per ^b   Heiskanen, Eva ^c  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c National Consumer Research Centre   (Finland)

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