Governed by history: Institutional analysis of a contested biofuel innovation system in Tanzania

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 573-607

  Arora, Saurabh ^a   Romijn, Henny A ^a   Caniëls, Marjolein C J ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK;

TANZANIA;

JATROPHA;

EID: 84896467163     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtt017     Document Type: Article

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