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Green Innovation Systems in Swedish Industry, 1960–1989

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  • Bergquist, Ann-Kristin
  • Söderholm, Kristina

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Organizational networks had a strong influence on the diffusion of green knowledge within the Swedish pulp-and-paper industry from the mid-1960s to the 1980s. The environmental adaptations made by this industrial sector were not merely the result of a corporate initiative or of the response by firms or industries to environmental regulation. An examination of the innovation-system approach that was used to further the industry's environmental goals reveals that the knowledge and technology development underpinning the project depended on a network of diverse actors. Within this network, the semi-governmental Institute for Water and Air Protection, working with a consulting company, was a critical generator and intermediary of knowledge. Thus, the success of the project was largely due to the Institute's balanced relations with government and industry.

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  • Bergquist, Ann-Kristin & Söderholm, Kristina, 2011. "Green Innovation Systems in Swedish Industry, 1960–1989," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 85(4), pages 677-698, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buhirw:v:85:y:2011:i:04:p:677-698_00
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    1. Onufrey, Ksenia & Bergek, Anna, 2021. "Transformation in a mature industry: The role of business and innovation strategies," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    2. Bergquist, Ann-Kristin & Söderholm, Kristina & Kinneryd, Hanna & Lindmark, Magnus & Söderholm, Patrik, 2013. "Command-and-control revisited: Environmental compliance and technological change in Swedish industry 1970–1990," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 6-19.
    3. Bergquist, Ann-Kristin & Keskitalo, E. Carina H., 2016. "Regulation versus deregulation. Policy divergence between Swedish forestry and the Swedish pulp and paper industry after the 1990s," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 10-17.
    4. Wihlborg, Elin & Söderholm, Kristina, 2013. "Mediators in action: Organizing sociotechnical system change," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 35(4), pages 267-275.
    5. De Marchi, Valentina & Molina-Morales, F. Xavier & Martínez-Cháfer, Luis, 2022. "Environmental innovation and cooperation: A configurational approach," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).

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