This thesis is about Technological Transitions (TT), which are long-term and large-scale changes in socio-technical systems at the level of societal functions (eg transportation …
This important book addresses how long term and large scale shifts from one socio- technical system to another come about, using insights from evolutionary economics …
FW Geels - Technological forecasting and social change, 2005 - Elsevier
This article investigates transitions at the level of societal functions (eg, transport, communication, housing). Societal functions are fulfilled by sociotechnical systems, which …
Contributing to debates about transitions and system changes, this article has two aims. First, it uses criticisms on the multi-level perspective as stepping stones for further …
The transformation of existing systems is an underexposed topic in large technical systems (LTS) research. Most LTS research has focused on the emergence and stabilization of …
N Nakicenovic - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 1986 - Elsevier
Advancement of the motor vehicle and its production methods is analyzed as a process of technological change. In a broader context, motor vehicles evolved as an integral …
This international anthology presents case studies of historical and contemporary transformations of large technical systems such as railways, telecommunications, electricity …
The common view is that major transitions come about through breakthroughs of technological discontinuities. This article proposes gradual and stepwise reconfiguration as …
B Elzen, FW Geels, PS Hofman… - System innovation and the …, 2004 - elgaronline.com
Modern societies face huge challenges related to existing socio-technical systems which are difficult to tackle without fundamental change. An example is in agriculture which exhibits …