Making technological innovation work for sustainable development

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 35, 2016, Pages 9682-9690

  Anadon, Laura Diaz ^a,b,f   Chan, Gabriel ^c   Harley, Alicia G ^a   Matus, Kira ^b   Moon, Suerie ^a,d,g   Murthy, Sharmila L ^e   Clark, William C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Innovation systems; Knowledge systems; Sustainable development; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOPTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INVENTION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING;

EID: 84984889812     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1525004113     Document Type: Review

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