1st Edition
Sustainability-oriented Innovation Systems in China and India
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Sustainability-oriented innovation systems – managing the green transformation 3. Technology transfer? The rise of China and India in green technology sectors 4. Innovating for energy efficiency: a perspective from India 5. Sustainability-oriented innovation in the automobile industry: advancing electromobility in China, France, Germany and India 6. Different routes to technology acquisition and innovation system building? China’s and India’s wind turbine industries 7. Key actors and their motives for wind energy innovation in China 8. Challenges of low carbon technology diffusion: insights from shifts in China’s photovoltaic industry development
Biography
Tilman Altenburg is an economic geographer and Head of the Sustainable Economic and Social Development Department at the German Development Institute, Germany. Since 1986 he has carried out empirical research and published books and journal articles on issues of competitiveness, industrial and innovation policy, SME promotion and value chain development.
