 Towards a New Theory on Technological Innovations and Network Management: The Introduction of Environmental Technology in the Transport SectorHarry Geerlings, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld Chapter 19 in Innovative Behaviour in Space and Time, 1997, pp 384-407 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Environmental problems have become quite urgent in many countries. Changes in consumption patterns appear to be insufficient to bring about the necessary reductions of emissions of various types. Therefore, a large contribution to the solution of environmental problems is expected from technological change. This raises the issue of how technological change takes place and, more particularly how to promote technological change that is beneficial to long term sustainability objectives. Since market incentives are a major driving force of firms involved in the development and adoption of new technologies, it is not certain that the necessary developments will take place at sufficient speed in those cases where markets fail, i.e. in the case of environmental problems. Therefore the issue of technological change in the case of environmental problems deserves special attention. Keywords: Technological Change; Network Management; Alternative Fuel; Strategic Alliance; Transport Sector (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-642-60720-2_19 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60720-2_19 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Advances in Spatial Science from Springer |
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