Government-affiliated intermediary organisations as actors in system-level transitions

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1370-1380

  Kivimaa, Paula ^a,b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Innovation studies; Intermediaries; Strategic niche management; Sustainability transitions

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONTACT POINTS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION STUDIES; INTERMEDIARIES; PRIVATE SECTORS; SOCIO-TECHNICAL REGIMES; STRATEGIC NICHE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84905109980     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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