Government's role in disruptive innovation and industry emergence: The case of the electric bike in China

Technovation

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 785-796

  Ruan, Yi ^a   Hang, Chang Chieh ^a   Wang, Yan Min ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Disruptive innovation; Electric bike; Government policy; Transition economy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BICYCLES; PUBLIC POLICY;

CATCHING-UP; DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS; ELECTRIC BIKES; INDUSTRY EMERGENCES; NEW ENERGIES; POLICY MAKERS; POLLUTION PREVENTION; TRANSITION ECONOMY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 84922559866     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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