What influences the diffusion of grassroots innovations for sustainability? Investigating community currency niches

Gill Seyfang, Noel Longhurst · 2015 · Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Summary. Community currencies like Local Exchange Trading Schemes and time banks represent grassroots innovations for sustainability. This study of 12 community currency niches across multiple countries tests whether strategic niche management theory predicts their diffusion success. The researchers find that niche-level activity does correlate with diffusion, but identify additional factors that existing theory misses. They develop an adapted model specifically for grassroots innovations and offer recommendations for practitioners and policymakers supporting these civil society initiatives.

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  title   = {What influences the diffusion of grassroots innovations for sustainability? Investigating community currency niches},
  author  = {Gill Seyfang and Noel Longhurst},
  journal = {Technology Analysis and Strategic Management},
  year    = {2015},
  doi     = {10.1080/09537325.2015.1063603},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2015.1063603}
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DOI

10.1080/09537325.2015.1063603

Countries

United Kingdom

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, climate-and-environment, general-innovation

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2026-04-28