Unpacking the black box of cleaner innovation

Markusson, Nils (2011) Unpacking the black box of cleaner innovation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 19 (4). pp. 294-302. ISSN 1879-1786

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Abstract

This paper scrutinizes the concept of cleaner technology, drawing on both a review of the literature and case study analysis of new data. By analysing the intentions behind innovations as separate from outcomes, a complex relationship between intentions and outcomes, as well as between different motives, is revealed. The paper argues that cleaner technology is not in fact a type of technology, that the concept obscures the role of underlying environmental motives and ambitions and that cleaner technology innovations do not necessarily deliver the economic gains they are normally understood to do.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Cleaner Production
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONCLEANER TECHNOLOGYWIN-WININTENTIONBLACK-BOXINGENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE(ALL)STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENTINDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERINGRENEWABLE ENERGY, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ??
ID Code:
66501
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Deposited On:
17 Sep 2013 09:32
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
16 Sep 2023 00:59