Networks and network resources in technological innovation systems: Towards a conceptual framework for system building

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1032-1048

  Musiolik, Jörg ^a   Markard, Jochen ^a   Hekkert, Marko ^b  

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

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clean technology; Innovation networks; Network resources; System building; Technological innovation system

Indexed keywords

CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES; INNOVATION NETWORK; NETWORK RESOURCE; SYSTEM BUILDING; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY;

BUILDINGS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84861758969     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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