Energy Service Business Models and Entrepreneurial Skills: Identifying Models and Patterns

Given the important role entrepreneurship can play in the energy transition, in this paper we set out to better understand how more radical business models and entrepreneurial journeys are shaped by the institutional context and other system factors within which they aim to scale up. The aim was to...

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Main Authors: Ruth Mourik, Renske Bouwknegt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/65/1/26
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description Given the important role entrepreneurship can play in the energy transition, in this paper we set out to better understand how more radical business models and entrepreneurial journeys are shaped by the institutional context and other system factors within which they aim to scale up. The aim was to explore research questions related to how more radical business models and services, and the entrepreneurs developing them, deal with the system around them, and what the system conditions are that either limit or facilitate the flourishing of those energy services that are potentially strong contributors to the energy transition because they challenge the existing system.
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spelling doaj.art-54e8355e2e0e47cb8019d02f38eab7e52023-12-03T12:50:26ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002021-01-016512610.3390/proceedings2020065026Energy Service Business Models and Entrepreneurial Skills: Identifying Models and PatternsRuth Mourik0Renske Bouwknegt1Duneworks, 5625 NN Eindhoven, The NetherlandsIdeate, 3812 BH Amersfoort, The NetherlandsGiven the important role entrepreneurship can play in the energy transition, in this paper we set out to better understand how more radical business models and entrepreneurial journeys are shaped by the institutional context and other system factors within which they aim to scale up. The aim was to explore research questions related to how more radical business models and services, and the entrepreneurs developing them, deal with the system around them, and what the system conditions are that either limit or facilitate the flourishing of those energy services that are potentially strong contributors to the energy transition because they challenge the existing system.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/65/1/26new business modelsinstitutional workflexibility servicesentrepreneurshiptransitionsystem change
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title Energy Service Business Models and Entrepreneurial Skills: Identifying Models and Patterns
title_full Energy Service Business Models and Entrepreneurial Skills: Identifying Models and Patterns
title_fullStr Energy Service Business Models and Entrepreneurial Skills: Identifying Models and Patterns
title_full_unstemmed Energy Service Business Models and Entrepreneurial Skills: Identifying Models and Patterns
title_short Energy Service Business Models and Entrepreneurial Skills: Identifying Models and Patterns
title_sort energy service business models and entrepreneurial skills identifying models and patterns
topic new business models
institutional work
flexibility services
entrepreneurship
transition
system change
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