Multi-level perspective on system innovation: relevance for industrial transformation

This chapter describes how insights from several different disciplines can be integrated in a multi-level perspective, so as to contribute to an encompassing understanding of the dynamics of system innovation. The chapter also argues that a range of different policy instruments is needed to stimulate system innovations, and positions them in different phases and on different levels. Interesting topics for further research are also identified.

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