Tilting at Windmills? The Environmental Movement and the Emergence of the U.S. Wind Energy Sector
Abstract
Through a study of the emergent U.S. wind energy sector, 1978–1992, this paper examines how large-scale social movements external to an industry can influence the creation of new market opportunities and hence encourage entrepreneurship. We theorize that through the construction and propagation of cognitive frameworks, norms, values, and regulatory structures, and by offering a preexisting social structure, social movement organizations...
Paper Details
Title
Tilting at Windmills? The Environmental Movement and the Emergence of the U.S. Wind Energy Sector
Published Date
Mar 1, 2009
Volume
54
Issue
1
Pages
123 - 155
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