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Functions of innovation systems: A new approach for analysing technological change

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It is described that the emergence of a new innovation system and changes in existing innovation systems co-evolve with the process of technological change, and a method for systematically mapping those processes taking place in innovation systems and resulting in technological change is proposed.
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This article is published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change.The article was published on 2007-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2263 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Innovation system & Technological innovation system.

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Innovation at the end of the life cycle : discontinuous innovation strategies by incumbents

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the strategies of incumbents that seek to develop discontinuous innovations within the boundaries of a mature innovation system and explore why incumbents in these setting engage in discontinuous innovation and what strategies they deploy to become successful.

Towards Mobility-as-a-Service: a cross-case analysis of public authorities' roles in the development of ICT-supported integrated mobility schemes

TL;DR: In this article, a cross-case analysis conducted using governance and socio-technical transition literatures, the main findings of this thesis are that public transport authorities and state-owned railway undertakings are usually quite reluctant to ICT-supported integrated mobility schemes brought by external actors and prefer developing those by themselves and stay in control or avoid collaborating; central governments can act as true enablers by developing visions including strong quantitative targets, acting as matchmakers between public and private bodies, developing legislation, providing funding and steering, and using network governance to make incumbent regime actors change behaviours.
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A dual narrative-modelling approach for evaluating socio-technical transitions in electricity sectors

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a narrative-modelling approach to improve the understanding and description of transition dynamics in electricity sectors, where the use of qualitative transition narratives helps to capture the co-evolving nature of society and technology.
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A serving innovation typology : mapping port-related innovations

TL;DR: The port sector is often perceived to be lagging behind in terms of innovative initiatives as discussed by the authors, and it is unclear whether this is the result of a more limited engagement of the scientific community.
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Understanding systemic analysis in the governance of sustainability transition in renewable energies: The case of fuel cell technology in Iran

TL;DR: In this article, the governance of transition toward renewable energies can be divided conceptually into two phases, namely systemic analysis and policy making, and different methodological steps in the systemic analysis phase are identified.
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