Technological innovation systems in contexts: Conceptualizing contextual structures and interaction dynamics

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-64

  Bergek, Anna ^a   Hekkert, Marko ^b   Jacobsson, Staffan ^c   Markard, Jochen ^d   Sandén, Björn ^c   Truffer, Bernhard ^b,e  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Context; Geography; Politics; Sector; Technological innovation system; Transition

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; INNOVATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84941174083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2015.07.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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