UK bioenergy innovation priorities: Making expectations credible in state-industry arenas

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 191-204

  Levidow, Les ^a   Borda Rodriguez, Alexander ^a   Papaioannou, Theo ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arenas; Bioenergy innovation; Intellectual property; Promise requirement cycles; Technological expectations; UK policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

ARENAS; BIO-ENERGY; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PRIVATE-SECTOR INVESTMENTS; PROMISE-REQUIREMENT CYCLES; STATE SPONSORS; TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES; TECHNOLOGICAL EXPECTATIONS;

INVESTMENTS;

BIOENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; REGIONAL POLICY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84904097604     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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