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Innovation Diffusion and Political Control of Energy Technologies
Karl Matthias Weber
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Paperback. This work is concerned with the processes which have led to quite different innovation diffusion pathways of combined heat and power technology in the UK and Germany since the early 1980s. It also demonstrates the application of a multidisciplinary and prospective research approach. Series: Contributions to Economics. Num Pages: 485 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 42 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; KCP; KNBL; THF; THRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 767.
Two general questions stood at the beginning of this PhD-thesis, namely: • What are the mechanisms which lead to the emergence and establishment of new technologies? • How can this process of technological change be influenced politically? In this sense, conceptual and theoretical interests were the early driving forces of the research work. This is also reflected in the considerable attention paid to the nature of technological change and political control. The result is an holistic per spective which builds on inputs from different disciplines and aims at dynamic interpretation. This, however, created a severe methodological problem: How could such ... Read more
Two general questions stood at the beginning of this PhD-thesis, namely: • What are the mechanisms which lead to the emergence and establishment of new technologies? • How can this process of technological change be influenced politically? In this sense, conceptual and theoretical interests were the early driving forces of the research work. This is also reflected in the considerable attention paid to the nature of technological change and political control. The result is an holistic per spective which builds on inputs from different disciplines and aims at dynamic interpretation. This, however, created a severe methodological problem: How could such ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
485
Condition
New
Series
Contributions to Economics
Number of Pages
485
Place of Publication
Heidelberg, Germany
ISBN
9783790812053
SKU
V9783790812053
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