Understanding system innovations: A critical literature review and a conceptual synthesis

System Innovation and the Transition to Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 19-47

  Geels, Frank W ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84896199159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845423421.00012     Document Type: Chapter

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