Low carbon innovation and enterprise growth in the UK: Challenges of a place-blind policy mix

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 103, Issue , 2016, Pages 264-272

  Uyarra, Elvira ^a   Shapira, Philip ^a,b   Harding, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation policy; Low carbon innovation; Policy mix; Small and medium sized firms

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE;

INDUSTRY EXPERTS; INNOVATION POLICIES; LOW CARBON; LOW-CARBON MANUFACTURING; MULTI SCALARS; PRIVATE-SECTOR INVESTMENTS; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED FIRMS; SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; POLICY ANALYSIS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84948775520     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.10.008     Document Type: Article

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