The unsustainable directionality of innovation - The example of the broadband transition

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1631-1642

  Røpke, Inge ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Broadband; Energy consumption; Green ICT; Selection environment; Transition theory

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; BROADBAND TRANSITION; CONSUMER DEMANDS; ENERGY IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; GREEN ICT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; SELECTION ENVIRONMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABILITY-POTENTIAL; TRANSITION THEORIES; UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84866325716     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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