Engaging with the politics, agency and structures in the technological innovation systems approach

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-69

  Kern, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Motors of innovation; Politics; Sustainability; Technological innovation systems; Transitions

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84941173664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2015.07.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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