Business model innovation in demand response firms: Beyond the niche-regime dichotomy

Autor: Salvatore Ruggiero, David Lazarevic, Sari Annala, Hanna-Liisa Kangas
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
tekniset alat
vuorovaikutus
Energy (esotericism)
0211 other engineering and technologies
energia-ala
02 engineering and technology
muutos
010501 environmental sciences
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Business model
informaatio
01 natural sciences
Competition (economics)
Demand response
BMI
informaatioala
demand-side management
021108 energy
Industrial organization
viestintä
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Flexibility (engineering)
energia
kestävä kehitys
Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment
viestintäala
Demise
sustainability transition
sectoral reconfiguration
yritykset
multi-technology interaction
innovaatiot
demand response
Information and Communications Technology
business model
liiketoiminta
teknologia
mallit (mallintaminen)
Business
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Morphological box
Zdroj: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 39:1-17
ISSN: 2210-4224
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2021.02.002
Popis: Demand response (DR) is an innovation emerging at the intersection of the energy and information and communications technology sectors. This paper aims to investigate the drivers of—and differences in—business model innovation (BMI) behaviours of firms operating in these two interacting industries. Results from 22 semi-structured interviews with representatives of Finnish DR companies show that external drivers of BMI include regulation, competition, and the demise of the telecom industry following the fall of Nokia. Whereas technology start-ups and companies from adjacent industries are motivated by entrepreneurial opportunities, incumbent energy companies are driven by the threat of losing their existing customers and need to increase efficiency. The BMI behaviours observed do not fall neatly into the often-used dichotomous categories of niche/new entrant and regime/incumbent, as firms show behaviours from both extremes. To overcome this binary thinking, we propose a morphological box model that represents the extreme states of firm BMI while allowing for flexibility.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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