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Niche Management and its Contribution to Regime Change: The Case of Innovation in Sanitation

Strategic niche management (SNM) implies that new technologies are applied in so-called niches, in which they are protected against mainstream market selection. A major question currently subject to debate is through which processes niches can bring about any wider changes at the level of socio-tech...

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Published in:Technology analysis & strategic management 2007-11, Vol.19 (6), p.729-746
Main Authors: Hegger, Dries. L. T., Van Vliet, Jenneke, Van Vliet, Bas J. M.
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Studies
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