The life cycle of technological innovation systems

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 153, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Markard, Jochen ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Context; Decline; Emergence; Industry life cycle; Innovation systems; Socio technical transitions; Technology life cycle

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONTEXT; DECLINE; EMERGENCE; INDUSTRY LIFE CYCLES; INNOVATION SYSTEM; SOCIO-TECHNICAL TRANSITIONS; TECHNOLOGY LIFE CYCLE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 85050458384     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.045     Document Type: Article

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