The Economic Dynamics of Fuel Cell Technologies.

Due to their environmental and efficiency characteristics fuel cells are promising technological solutions for many energy related applications (stationary power generation, vehicle propulsion, portable equipment). This book describes the economic dynamics of fuel cells by analyzing their diffusion...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Avadikyan, Arman, Cohendet, Patrick, Héraud, Jean-Alain
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003.
Subjects:	Economics. Electrical engineering. International economic relations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: the economic dynamics of fuel cell technologies
Fuel cell technologies: diffusion perspectives and governance of an emerging innovation: A state of the art of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies: diffusion perspectives and barriers
The future of fuel cells in a long term inter-technology competition framework
Rationales for cooperation between firms and States within an emerging radical innovation
Potential economic impacts of fuel cell technologies
Fuel cell vehicles: an international comparison of public-private programmes: The Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles and the US DoE Transportation Fuel Cells Programme
Fuel cells in Canada: from entrepreneurship to innovation clustering
The Japanese R & D system in the field of fuel cell vehicles
Fuel cell R & D within the European Framework Programmes.