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TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Volume 75, Issue 1, Pages 57-77Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2006.08.006
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system functions; dynamics; transition
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In this paper, the concept of System Functions of Innovation Systems is applied to provide an explanation of the success or failure of an emerging technology, i.e. biomass gasification, with empirical data on the evolution of this technology in the Netherlands during 1980-2004. A new list of System Functions has been developed lately and is used to identify the most relevant events in the evolution of the Biomass Gasification Innovation System. We show that a structural misalignment occurred between the institutional framework within which the technology could have been developed and the technical requirements of the technology. Finally, the absence of System Functions such as the guidance of the search, resource allocation and advocacy coalition explains the failure of this technology over time. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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