The Handbook of Research on Energy EntrepreneurshipRolf W_stenhagen, Robert Wuebker This timely Handbook provides an excellent overview of our knowledge on the drivers, influencing factors and outcomes of energy entrepreneurship. As the world grapples with global resource crunches and fights to reap the rewards of new energy technologies |
Contents
| 1 | |
PART I THE ROLE OF STARTUP FIRMS IN ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 19 |
2 Market failure market dynamics and entrepreneurial innovation by environmental ventures | 21 |
energy efficiency and renewable energy businesses in Minnesota 19932009 | 38 |
a case study in the biogas market | 58 |
PART II INTERNATIONAL ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 81 |
5 Entrepreneurial opportunity and the formation of photovoltaic clusters in Eastern Germany | 83 |
6 The rise of Chinese challenger firms in the global solar industry | 104 |
insights from a German panel study | 197 |
a provocative essay | 214 |
12 How do business models impact financial performance of renewable energy fi rms? | 229 |
PART V COMMERCIALIZING ENERGY INNOVATION | 247 |
the case of fuel cell technologies | 249 |
14 Challenges of doing market research in the new energy market | 262 |
15 Path dependence path creation and creative destruction in the evolution of energy systems | 274 |
PART VI ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY | 303 |
7 International entrepreneurship in the offshore renewable energy industry | 121 |
PART III ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LARGE INCUMBENT FIRMS | 143 |
threat or opportunity for utilities? | 145 |
evidence from the European energy industry | 172 |
PART IV FINANCING ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 195 |
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