Innovation for a low carbon economy : economic, institutional and management approaches

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Foxon, Tim , 1967- (Author), Khler, Jonathan , 1960- (Author), Oughton, Christine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham ; Northampton : Edward Elgar , c2008
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Innovation in energy systems: learning from economic, institutional and management approaches
  • 2. A cybernetic perspective on technology learning
  • 3. Demand-pull energy technology policies, diffusion and improvements in California wind power
  • 4. Functions in innovation system: a framework for analysing energy system dynamics and identifying goals for system-building activities by entrepreneurs and policymakers
  • 5. Firms, markets and the fuel cell technology innovation system in an international perspective
  • 6. On the dynamics of microgeneration diffusion in Germany and the UK
  • 7. Evolutionary innovation systems of low carbon electricity: insights about institutional change and innovation in the cases of CHP and wind energy
  • 8. Market transformation: innovation theory and practice
  • 9. Can car makers save the planet?