ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at how the circuits within the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) were created to produce the expert networks that could accumulate, share and disseminate the most credible stock of knowledge on ozone-layer protection technology that exists in the world. TEAP institutional entrepreneurs realised that their reports must be the final answer, the best source of information on possible alternatives for decision-makers. Once actors are enrolled as participants and have demonstrated their collective competence, institutional entrepreneurs act to ensure the sustainability of the new institutional space by securing outside recognition for it. To illustrate the attributes and activities of institutional entrepreneurs it focuses on one leader, Stephen Andersen. Paying close attention to structure, process and personal relationships, Andersen showed how successful networks are created, fostered and maintained. Andersen's long-range interests complemented his short-term cultivation of business. He blasted away barriers to industry– government co-operation that once stood in the way of progress on ozone-layer protection.
