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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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Sustainability transitions: an emerging field of research and its prospects

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the intellectual contours of this emerging field by conducting a review of basic conceptual frameworks, together with bibliographical analysis of 540 journal articles in the field.
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The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions: Responses to seven criticisms

TL;DR: The multi-level perspective (MLP) has emerged as a fruitful middle-range framework for analysing socio-technical transitions to sustainability as discussed by the authors. But the MLP also received constructive criticisms.
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Analyzing the functional dynamics of technological innovation systems: A scheme of analysis

TL;DR: In this paper, a functional approach to analyzing innovation system dynamics is proposed for policy makers to identify the key policy issues and set policy goals, based on previous literature and their own experience in developing and applying functional thinking.
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Business Models for Sustainable Innovation: State of the Art and Steps Towards a Research Agenda

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the current literature on business models in the contexts of technological, organizational, and social sustainability innovations and propose examples of normative 'boundary conditions' that business models should meet in order to support sustainable innovations.
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Innovation studies and sustainability transitions: the allure of the multi-level perspective and its challenges

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider how the history of innovation studies for sustainable development can be explained as a process of linking broader analytical frameworks to successively larger problem framings, and introduce an emerging framework whose allure rests in its ability to capture the bigger picture: the multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions.
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Naar een Methode voor het Evalueren van Transitietrajecten : Functies van innovatiesystemen toegepast op 'biobrandstoffen in Nederland'

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a set of variabelen, functies van innovatiesystemen, which bestaat uit de voor de opkomende, relevante actoren and de regels die zij volgen.
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Transforming the energy system - the evolution of the German technological system for solar cells

TL;DR: In this article, the development of the German technological system for solar cells over the past twenty-five years is examined, using a "technological system" approach in which they trace the evolution of actors, networks and institutions that have a bearing on the generation and diffusion of solar cells.
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