The co-evolution of policy mixes and socio-technical systems: Towards a conceptual framework of policy mix feedback in sustainability transitions

Edmondson, Duncan L.; Kern, Florian; Rogge, Karoline S.

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2018.03.010

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“…This line of research highlights the experimental, evolutionary nature of institutional change. Therefore, it is well in line with polycentric governance perspectives (Hildingsson, ), but only recently, this potential has started to be explored (see Edmondson, Kern, & Rogge, ; F. Kern & Howlett, ; Lockwood, Kuzemko, Mitchell, & Hoggett, ; Poupeau, ).…”

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Limits to polycentricity? Institutional layering and policy feedbacks of building energy performance requirements in Sweden

Smedby

2019

Env Pol Gov

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Local governments have come to play an increasingly active role in addressing current environmental challenges. In addition to improving the environmental performance of a specific city, such initiatives can potentially spur policy change at other levels of government and thereby contribute to the addressing of global environmental challenges. This type of interplay between local and higher levels of government has been insufficiently addressed by environmental governance research. This study addresses this research gap by looking at the case of regulatory energy performance requirements on buildings in Sweden. Through a case study methodology, the research turns to policy documents and interviews. The research shows how local energy performance requirements on buildings provided tensions that impeded their own longevity but contributed to raising ambitions in national regulation. The research contributes to work on polycentric governance by accounting for the existence of hierarchies through the use of concepts from historical institutionalism. In this regard, the study suggests that governance initiatives are prone to institutional layering that, through policy feedback processes, conditions their impact in terms of reaching overarching policy goals. The research is important as it adds empirical substance to the discussion on the potential and limits of local governments in addressing current environmental challenges.

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Limits to polycentricity? Institutional layering and policy feedbacks of building energy performance requirements in Sweden

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2019

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“…It seems as it was not entirely clear for stakeholders how the roles of these two drivers (the public and the private sector) were to be determined in each future scenario. However, as Edmondson, Kern, and Rogge (2018) claim, the governance types and policy instruments do have a crucial influence on transition pathways.…”

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Stakeholders’ perceptions on sustainability transition pathways of the cocoa value chain towards improved livelihood of small-scale farming households in Cameroon

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Mathé

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International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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Given the persistent poor livelihood of cocoa-farming households, future climate predictions and the worldwide demand pressure for higher cocoa quality and productivity, there is still a strong need to find new approaches that guarantee a sustainable cocoa future in cocoa-producing countries amongst which Cameroon is one of them. This exploratory research investigates potential future pathways for the cocoa sector in Cameroon by mapping the perceptions of actors involved in the socio-technical regime. Qualitative expert interviews, structured questionnaires and field observation, as well as a focus group discussion have been applied to understand how a sustainability transition can be triggered. The study shows that actors envisage a sustainability change which determines their actions; however, their perceptions towards future transitions are not actively coordinated. Actors are not finding a way of adopting new organizational structures and letting a transition occur effectively, like in the case of certification standards. An alignment of perceptions and activities, and a stronger cooperation between the private and public are strongly recommended. The study encourages to consider a coordination of actors' perceptions towards future scenarios as a starting point to study sustainability transitions.

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“…Liu [22] divided the internationalization process of China's NIS into four stages and analyzed all relevant policy texts between 1978 and 2012 to determine the characteristics of policy development at different stages. While quantitative research methods help understand how policymaking processes can influence the rate and direction of socio-technical changes towards sustainability, we need to extend the research scope from individual policies to policy mixes, to explain how policy mixes influence socio-technical changes and how changes in the socio-technical system affect the sustainability of innovation activities in SMEs [23]. Ossenbrink et al [24] provided an analytical framework for policy mixes with two archetypal methodological approaches: Top-down and bottom-up.…”

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Does the Nation Innovation System in China Support the Sustainability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Innovation?

2020

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To maintain sustainable economic growth, China has created a national innovation system (NIS) and strengthened the central status of firms. Our data show that the effect of turnover growth in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on China’s aggregate Gross Domestic Product (GDP)growth is significant, but the status of SMEs in the NIS and related policies is not significant. To determine whether there is a correspondence between the sustainability of innovation in SMEs and the support of China’s NIS, we developed a framework for China’s innovation policy under the NIS framework, taking into account its transition characteristics, to examine the texts of SME innovation policies and reveal the sustainability of SMEs’ innovation. The relevant national government policy texts were collected from the yearbooks of Chinese SMEs between 1999 and 2017 and government notices between 1994 and 2017. On this basis, we also compared with some other countries’ innovation systems. The findings indicate that China’s NIS pays little attention to the sustainability of SMEs’ innovation activities for two reasons. First, the scope of the NIS is very narrowly defined. Second, the top-down, government-oriented Research and Development (R&D) system that focuses on large state-owned firms leaves little room for innovation policies in SMEs.

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The co-evolution of policy mixes and socio-technical systems: Towards a conceptual framework of policy mix feedback in sustainability transitions

Cited by 298 publications

References 87 publications

Limits to polycentricity? Institutional layering and policy feedbacks of building energy performance requirements in Sweden

Limits to polycentricity? Institutional layering and policy feedbacks of building energy performance requirements in Sweden

Stakeholders’ perceptions on sustainability transition pathways of the cocoa value chain towards improved livelihood of small-scale farming households in Cameroon

Does the Nation Innovation System in China Support the Sustainability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Innovation?

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