This book presents the first multidimensional investigation of KIE in the context of low-tech
industries and gives insights in paradox conditions and specific mechanisms using the example
of the German textile industry. Therefore the author solves conceptual inconsistencies and
develops an alternative framework referring to systemic concepts of sectoral innovation systems
and KIE as well as to the concept of institutional entrepreneurs. As a result the deviation of
willful actors from a restricting institutional environment and sources of entrepreneurial
opportunities can be investigated more comprehensively.
