Entrepreneurship and alignment work in the Swedish water and sanitation sector

Pär Blomkvist, Timos Karpouzoglou, David Nilsson and Jörgen Wallin

Technology in Society, 2023, vol. 74, issue C

Abstract: Water and sewage (WS) systems are, like most grid based infrastructural systems, often centralised and hierarchical and the end user has almost no possibility to influence the technical standards, business models or system architecture. The preferred method for connecting new areas to the grid are underground water pipes and gravity flow for sewage. Thus, the WS system is “tightly coupled”. It is hard to change and conservative in its system culture, exhibiting a strong “momentum” or “path dependence”.

Keywords: Water and sanitation systems (WSS); Innovation; Infrastructure; Entrepreneurship; Sustainability transitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102280

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