Addressing barriers to eco-innovation: Exploring the finance mobilisation functions of institutional innovation intermediaries

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 103, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-46

  Polzin, Friedemann ^a,b,c   von Flotow, Paschen ^c   Klerkx, Laurens ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Sustainable Business Institute (SBI)   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Information asymmetries; Innovation barriers; Innovation finance; Innovation policy; Intermediaries; R D support; Thin markets

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COMMERCIALISATION; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; INNOVATION INTERMEDIARIES; INNOVATION POLICIES; INNOVATION PROCESS; INNOVATION SYSTEM; INTERMEDIARIES; PRIVATE FINANCE;

FINANCE;

FINANCE; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84949033857     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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