Creative destruction or mere niche support? Innovation policy mixes for sustainability transitions
University of Sussex · Finnish Environment Institute
Abstract
Recently, there has been an increasing interest in policy mixes in innovation studies. While it has long been acknowledged that the stimulation of innovation and technological change involves different types of policy instruments, how such instruments form policy mixes has only recently become of interest. We argue that an area in which policy mixes are particularly important is the field of sustainability transitions. Transitions imply not only the development of disruptive innovations but also of policies aiming for wider change in socio-technical systems. We propose that ideally policy mixes for transitions include elements of ‘creative destruction’, involving both policies aiming for the ‘creation’ of new…
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2Topics & keywords
- Sustainability
- Niche
- Business
- Economics
- Economic geography
- Industrial organization
- Economic system
- Environmental economics