Creating the innovation ecosystem for renewable energy via social entrepreneurship: Insights from India

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 121, Issue , 2017, Pages 184-195

  Surie, Gita ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom of the pyramid; Developing economies; Ecosystem creation; National innovation systems; Renewable energy; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMIDS; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL POPULATION;

INDIA;

EID: 85015739452     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.03.006     Document Type: Article

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