Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations: Lessons from the Internet

Shane Greenstein
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Copyright 2011
ISBN 9780226326832
Accelerating Energy Innovation
Book: Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors
Book editors: Rebecca M. Henderson & Richard G. Newell
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
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  • Shane Greenstein, Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors (University of Chicago Press, 2011), chap. 6, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/accelerating-energy-innovation-insights-multiple-sectors/nurturing-accumulation-innovations-lessons-internet.

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Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations: Lessons from the Internet
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The innovations that became the foundation for the Internet originate from two eras that illustrate two distinct...

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