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Communicating tensions among incumbents about system innovation in the Dutch dairy sector

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ID6058104
AuthorsAnne-Charlotte Hoes (0000-0002-3532-8845), Pieter Jelle Beers, Barbara Van Mierlo (0000-0002-1733-423X)
Year2016
Volume21
Pages113-122
Publication date2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2210-4224 • E-ISSN: 2210-4232
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.eist.2016.04.005
OpenAlexW2345627504
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited17

This article investigates the ways in which innovating incumbents address and deal with tensions in their daily conversations in a case of an dairy initiative aiming for sector transformation. Analysis of meetings shows that innovating incumbents employ three strategies to address and deal with tensions such as concerns about the initiative's impact: voicing concerns, questioning as starting point and questioning as response. In these ways, they address tensions at the boundaries between representative and initiative and between representative and constituency. The assigned staff members of initiatives p

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Citations per year0.67
Citation span2017 - 2025 (9)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6

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