What can triple helix frameworks offer to the analysis of eco-innovation dynamics? Theoretical and methodological considerations

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 373-385

  Yang, Yan ^a   Holgaard, Jette Egelund ^a   Remmen, Arne ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Civil society; Eco innovation (dynamics); Quadruple helix; Sustainability; triple helix

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; INNOVATION; METHODOLOGY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84871494949     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scs025     Document Type: Article

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