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Change-Actors in the U.S. Electric Energy System: The Role of Environmental Groups in Utility Adoption and Diffusion of Wind Power.

Dokumenttyp:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Autor(en):
Doblinger, C.; Soppe, B.
Abstract:
We study the contribution of environmental groups to new technology adoption and diffusion by dominant incumbents. Building on institutional and social movement theory, we develop a theoretical framework that sheds light on environmental groups as change-actors. We theorize that by approaching embedded key constituents with various strategic actions, environmental groups affect taken-for-granted beliefs, build legitimacy for renewable energy technologies, and convince skeptical constituents to s...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Energy Policy
Jahr:
2013
Heft / Issue:
61 (10)
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
274–284
Sprache:
en
TUM Einrichtung:
TUM Campus Straubing, Innovation and Technology Management Prof. Dr. Claudia Doblinger
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