Mobilizing innovation for sustainability transitions: A comment on transformative innovation policy

Research Policy

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1568-1576

  Fagerberg, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Innovation system; Mission oriented policy; Sustainability; Transformative innovation policy; Transition

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INNOVATION POLICIES; INNOVATION STUDIES; INNOVATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASIS; MISSION-ORIENTED; POLICY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION; TRANSITION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85052190534     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2018.08.012     Document Type: Article

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