Governing innovation for sustainable technology: Introduction and conceptual basis

Paving the Road to Sustainable Transport: Governance and Innovation in Low-Carbon Vehicles

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-16

  Nilsson, Måns ^a,b   Rickne, Annika ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84918917804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203119716     Document Type: Chapter

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