The role of transnational dimensions in emerging economy 'Technological Innovation Systems' for clean-tech

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 378-388

  Gosens, Jorrit ^a,b,c   Lu, Yonglong ^a   Coenen, Lars ^d,e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Changing global innovation; Clean tech; Emerging economies; Technological innovation system

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EMERGING ECONOMIES; GLOBAL INNOVATION; GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS; INNOVATION IN EMERGING ECONOMIES; INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SYSTEM FUNCTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 85027948660     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.029     Document Type: Article

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