The sources of innovations – looking beyond technological opportunitiesFootnote*

^*This paper builds on Palmberg (Citation2001; Citation2002) and research undertaken at the VTT Technology Studies. Financial support from the National Technology Agency and the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development is kindly acknowledged. I am indebted especially to Tarmo Lemola, Maureen McKelvey, Staffan Laestadius and two anonymous referees for valuable comments. All remaining misconceptions are mine alone.

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