Renewable Energy Promotion Instruments Used by Innovation Brokers in a Technology Transfer Network. Case Study of the Enterprise Europe Network
Stable and sustainable economic development—including that of renewable energy resources (RES)—requires institutional support of an environment that would enable market operations, and support them in case they are ineffective. Innovation brokers, including structured technology transfer networks, p...
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| author | Zofia Gródek-Szostak Marcin Suder Rafał Kusa Anna Szeląg-Sikora Joanna Duda Marcin Niemiec |
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| description | Stable and sustainable economic development—including that of renewable energy resources (RES)—requires institutional support of an environment that would enable market operations, and support them in case they are ineffective. Innovation brokers, including structured technology transfer networks, play a key role in promoting, disseminating, and liaising between the parties in the RES sector. The aim of the paper is to present the structure of events used to promote RES in Europe by the Enterprise Europe Network in the years 2017–2018; to verify whether the type of promotion instrument used is significantly related to the location of the events organized; to research whether the selection of the supporting partner is determined by the organized event’s geographical location. The analysis is carried out by means of an empirical study of the network of innovation brokers, i.e., the Enterprise Europe Network. Additionally, the available data are analyzed in terms of the type of the partner supporting individual events. It has been shown that there is a significant variation in the structure of the types of events for individual regions of Europe. This could mean that the organizers’ decisions as to the type of events organized in particular regions of Europe are deliberate and in some way adjusted to the region in which they take place. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7dd0e77ba00d48f3b99da168ebb4518a2023-11-20T19:36:13ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-11-011321575210.3390/en13215752Renewable Energy Promotion Instruments Used by Innovation Brokers in a Technology Transfer Network. Case Study of the Enterprise Europe NetworkZofia Gródek-Szostak0Marcin Suder1Rafał Kusa2Anna Szeląg-Sikora3Joanna Duda4Marcin Niemiec5Department of Economics and Enterprise Organization, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Krakow, PolandDepartment of Applications of Mathematics in Economics, Faculty of Management, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-067 Kraków, PolandDepartment of Organizational Management and Social Capital, Faculty of Management, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-067 Krakow, PolandFaculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 30-149 Kraków, PolandDepartment of Organizational Management and Social Capital, Faculty of Management, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-067 Krakow, PolandFaculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 31-121 Kraków, PolandStable and sustainable economic development—including that of renewable energy resources (RES)—requires institutional support of an environment that would enable market operations, and support them in case they are ineffective. Innovation brokers, including structured technology transfer networks, play a key role in promoting, disseminating, and liaising between the parties in the RES sector. The aim of the paper is to present the structure of events used to promote RES in Europe by the Enterprise Europe Network in the years 2017–2018; to verify whether the type of promotion instrument used is significantly related to the location of the events organized; to research whether the selection of the supporting partner is determined by the organized event’s geographical location. The analysis is carried out by means of an empirical study of the network of innovation brokers, i.e., the Enterprise Europe Network. Additionally, the available data are analyzed in terms of the type of the partner supporting individual events. It has been shown that there is a significant variation in the structure of the types of events for individual regions of Europe. This could mean that the organizers’ decisions as to the type of events organized in particular regions of Europe are deliberate and in some way adjusted to the region in which they take place.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/21/5752renewable energy sourcespromotionmanagementefficiencydevelopment |
| spellingShingle | Zofia Gródek-Szostak Marcin Suder Rafał Kusa Anna Szeląg-Sikora Joanna Duda Marcin Niemiec Renewable Energy Promotion Instruments Used by Innovation Brokers in a Technology Transfer Network. Case Study of the Enterprise Europe Network Energies renewable energy sources promotion management efficiency development |
| title | Renewable Energy Promotion Instruments Used by Innovation Brokers in a Technology Transfer Network. Case Study of the Enterprise Europe Network |
| title_full | Renewable Energy Promotion Instruments Used by Innovation Brokers in a Technology Transfer Network. Case Study of the Enterprise Europe Network |
| title_fullStr | Renewable Energy Promotion Instruments Used by Innovation Brokers in a Technology Transfer Network. Case Study of the Enterprise Europe Network |
| title_full_unstemmed | Renewable Energy Promotion Instruments Used by Innovation Brokers in a Technology Transfer Network. Case Study of the Enterprise Europe Network |
| title_short | Renewable Energy Promotion Instruments Used by Innovation Brokers in a Technology Transfer Network. Case Study of the Enterprise Europe Network |
| title_sort | renewable energy promotion instruments used by innovation brokers in a technology transfer network case study of the enterprise europe network |
| topic | renewable energy sources promotion management efficiency development |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/21/5752 |
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