Processes and patterns in transitions and system innovations: Refining the co-evolutionary multi-level perspective |
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Authors: | F.W. |
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Affiliation: | Technical University Eindhoven, IPO 2.10, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | This article investigates transitions at the level of societal functions (e.g., transport, communication, housing). Societal functions are fulfilled by sociotechnical systems, which consist of a cluster of aligned elements, e.g., artifacts, knowledge, markets, regulation, cultural meaning, infrastructure, maintenance networks and supply networks. Transitions are conceptualised as system innovations, i.e., a change from one sociotechnical system to another. The article describes a co-evolutionary multi-level perspective to understand how system innovations come about through the interplay between technology and society. The article makes a new step as it further refines the multi-level perspective by distinguishing characteristic patterns: (a) two transition routes, (b) fit–stretch pattern, and (c) patterns in breakthrough. |
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Keywords: | Transition System innovation Co-evolution Multi-level perspective Patterns |
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