Improving the Efficiency of R&d and the Market Diffusion of Energy Technologies

By Eberhard Jochem

Book Overview

Is there a chance that public or private research and development institutions can improve the efficiency of the R&D process? This book gives a positive answer by designing an integrated concept of the science technology cycle and the innovation system of each technology. The position of a new technology in the sciencetechnology cycle is identified by several indicators from patent analysis, citations and market information data. The innovation system supports the search for a comprehensive understanding of all important stakeholders of an innovation, possible obstacles and related policies. The application of the methodology leads to convincing results: the hype of the PEM fuel cell activities could have been identified at the end of the 1990s as the phase of euphoria, but not as a situation close to market entry in the car or boiler markets.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3790828971
• ISBN13: 9783790828979
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Physica-Verlag
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"