Internet forums and the rise of the inventive energy user

Science and Technology Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-51

  Hyysalo, Sampsa ^a,b   Juntunen, Jouni K ^a   Freeman, Stephanie ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Internet forums; Renewable energy; User innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881065574     PISSN: 22434690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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