Moving beyond the heuristic of creative destruction: Targeting exnovation with policy mixes for energy transitions

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 33, Issue , 2017, Pages 138-146

  David, Martin ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decarbonization; Electricity transition; Exnovation; Innovation; Policy mix

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029743482     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.09.023     Document Type: Article

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