Smart innovation policy: How network position and project composition affect the diversity of an emerging technology

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1094-1107

  Van Rijnsoever, Frank J ^a   Van Den Berg, Jesse ^b   Koch, Joost ^b   Hekkert, Marko P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Agency for Energy and Environment Novem   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation policy; Innovation systems; R and D collaboration; Social networks; Technological diversity

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION; DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION POLICIES; INNOVATION POLICY INSTRUMENTS; INNOVATION SYSTEM; R AND D COLLABORATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84926290378     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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