1. connecting the dots of the
electronic product innovation system
the issue
the production and consumption within this innovation system environmental impacts (e.g.
of electronic products (e.g. there are stocks and flows of waste) are “system failures” as
iPhones, laptops etc.) happens knowledge and financial they are a result of decisions and
through a complex set of incentives, technical and embedded practices occuring at
interactions between “actors” institutional locks-ins and different parts of the innovation
within an innovation system. embedded social practices. system.
the challenge
if government should correct system failures, how,
where and when should they intervene?
simon o’rafferty 2013