Stakeholders' justifications in innovation: the case of cell-based meat.
Cell-based meat (CBM) is a novel technology that employs the cultivation of animal cells in bioreactors to produce edible meat, representing a breakthrough innovation in the meat production chain. However, innovations are embedded in uncertainty and ambiguity; thus, several stakeholders shape their...
| Publicado en: | Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 1781 - 1807 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2025
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