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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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Theoretical approaches to social innovation – A critical literature review

TL;DR: The SI-DRIVE report "Theoretical approaches to Social Innovation - A Critical Literature Review" as discussed by the authors provides a comprehensive overview on the state of the art of theoretically relevant building blocks for advancing a theoretical understanding of social innovation.
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How aluminum changed the world: A metallurgical revolution through technological and cultural perspectives

TL;DR: The history of aluminum is rather short since it was discovered only in the nineteenth century, yet it has become an important part of everyday life as mentioned in this paper, and aluminum is an attractive material for many applications, including transportation, electrical and packaging industries, architecture, and food industries.
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Identifying barriers to wind energy diffusion in Colombia: A function analysis of the technological innovation system and the wider context

TL;DR: In this paper, the slow diffusion of wind energy in Colombia is analyzed, by evaluating the functions of the Technological Innovation System (TIS) along with the influence of the wider context (Landscape Factors).
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Creating innovation systems: How resource constellations affect the strategies of system builders

TL;DR: This paper identifies three generic modes, of system building, in which a system builder uses its own organizational resources to create a system resource, and shows that the modes were chosen depending on what resources were initially available and how they were distributed in the innovation system.
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Assessing the costs of photovoltaic and wind power in six developing countries

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a more fine-grained bottom-up approach that highlights the need for a fair baseline calculation methodology and calls for a phase-out of fuel subsidies.
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