HBR asks How to Jump-Start the Clean-Tech Economy and points out that initially-inferior technologies penetrate markets all the time. It also notes that inventing a new product alone may not be enough – a complete system may have to be initiated. There’s more we know though, that Govt and firms could and should be leveraging.

The experience-curve has been well-understood for half a century, and is now so axiomatic that tech-product innovators now simply incorporate its impact every time they ...