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Technology breakthroughs in sustainable renewable energy and energy conservation technologies require that there be a strong institutional ecosystem in place which supports innovation, but the nature of this foundation and how it works is not well-known. Becoming a leader necessitates new forms of cross-sector cooperation.

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Preface: New Forms of Cross-Sector Cooperation for Achieving Breakthroughs in Sustainable Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Technologies Part 1: Voices from the Field: Emerging Models of Cross-Sector Cooperation in the Green Economy Chapter 1: The Green Economy Partnership Process, Jack Hogin, Minnesota Environmental Initiative Part 2: Voices from Academia: New Models for Cross-Sector Cooperation Chapter 2: Overcoming Problems in the Emergence Of New Technology Clusters, Alfred Marcus, University of Minnesota & Adam Fremeth, Ivey School of Business Western Ontario, Canada Chapter 3: The Price of Policy Risk - Empirical Insights from Choice Experiments with European Photovoltaic Project Developers, Sonja Lüthi and Rolf Wüstenhagen, University of Saint Galeen, Switzerland Chapter 4: A Framework for Understanding Firm Investment in Collaborative International Environmental Technology Ventures, Gurneeta Vasudeva, University of Minnesota Part 3: Putting it All Together Paradoxes and Potential in the Emerging Green Economy

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ALFRED MARCUS teaches and conducts research in strategic management, macroeconomics, business ethics, and business and the natural environment. He has been chair of the Carlson School´s Strategic Management and Organization Department, Director of the Carlson School´s Strategic Management Research Center, and a Visiting Professor at MIT´s Sloan School of Management and at the Norwegian School of Management.
PAUL SHRIVASTAVAcurrently the David O´Brien Distinguished Professor and Director of the David O´Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
SANJAY SHARMADean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, the largest English language business school in Canada.
STEFANO POGUTZTenured Researcher and Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Management and Technology at Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy.

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