The distribution of roles and functions for upscaling and outscaling innovations in agricultural innovation systems

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-128

  Hermans, Frans ^a,b   Stuiver, Marian ^a   Beers, P J ^a   Kok, Kasper ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural innovation systems; Innovation brokerage; Innovation networks; Institutional entrepreneurship; Social learning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; LEARNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; UPSCALING; WOODLAND;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84871923731     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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