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Getting round the lock-in in electricity generating systems: the example of the gas turbine
Jorge Islas,Jorge Islas +1 more
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In this paper, the authors show how, in a situation of "lock-in" in the environment of electricity generation, a new technology can succeed in overcoming this situation and become competitive.About:
This article is published in Research Policy.The article was published on 1997-03-01. It has received 92 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Returns to scale.read more
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Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: a multi-level perspective and a case-study
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address the question of how technological transitions (TT) come about and identify particular patterns and mechanisms in transition processes, defined as major, long-term technological changes in the way societal functions are fulfilled.
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From sectoral systems of innovation to socio-technical systems: Insights about dynamics and change from sociology and institutional theory
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make four contributions to the approach by addressing some open issues in the sectoral systems of innovation (SOSI) approach, namely, explicitly incorporating the user side in the analysis, suggesting an analytical distinction between systems, actors involved in them, and the institutions which guide actor perceptions and activities.
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The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions
TL;DR: In this paper, a quasi-evolutionary model of socio-technical transitions is described in which regimes face selection pressures continuously and differentiated transition contexts determine the form and direction of regime change in response to these pressures.
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Overcoming the tragedy of super wicked problems: constraining our future selves to ameliorate global climate change
TL;DR: It is argued that an “applied forward reasoning” approach is better suited for social scientists seeking to address climate change, which is characterized as a “super wicked” problem comprising four key features: time is running out, those who cause the problem also seek to provide a solution, the central authority needed to address it is weak or non-existent, and policy responses discount the future irrationally.
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Escaping carbon lock-in
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the climate policy implications of the arguments made in "Understanding carbon lock-in" (Unruh, 2000), which posited that industrial countries have become locked-into fossil fuel-based energy systems through path dependent processes driven by increasing returns to scale.
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Competing technologies, increasing returns, and lock-in by historical events*
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the dynamics of allocation under increasing returns in a context where increasing returns arise naturally: agents choosing between technologies competing for adoption, and examine how these influence selection of the outcome.
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Technical Change and Economic Theory
Elias L. Khalil,Giovanni Dosi,Christopher Freeman,Richard R. Nelson,Gerald Silverberg,Luc Soete +5 more
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Nuclear Power Reactors: A Study in Technological Lock-in
TL;DR: The history of nuclear power technology is used to illustrate these results as mentioned in this paper, and light water is considered inferior to other technologies, yet it dominates the market for power reactors, largely due to the early adoption and heavy development by the U.S. Navy of light water for submarine propulsion.