The Handbook of Research on Energy Entrepreneurship (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series)

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, a wide space for entrepreneurial opportunity has emerged. The Handbook of Research on Energy Entrepreneurship offers critical insight on how nations the world over can make full use of those opportunities. An informed blend of geographical and methodological approaches to energy entrepreneurship research, these comprehensive and complementary perspectives shed new light on topics ranging from harnessing the power of the sun and wind to consumer preferences and policy frameworks. This book provides an excellent reference point for scholars and practitioners seeking a richer understanding of the aspects of venture financing, corporate entrepreneurship, internationalization of entrepreneurial ventures, emerging cleantech clusters, public policy and the institutional aspects of energy innovation. A must-read for those interested in the scholarly investigation of energy entrepreneurship - including students and scholars of entrepreneurship, technology and innovation management, organizations and the natural environment, and environmental economics, practitioners in energy entrepreneurship, and policymakers - this Handbook is sure to enlighten and engage.Contributors: R. Abold, Z. Acs, J. Aleluia, M.H. Anderson, H. Andree, A. Aspelund, M. Brachert, S. Cohen, N. Dee, P. Dickel, S. Ford, E. Garnsey, D. Grichnik, M.W. Hansen, D.M. Hart, E. Heiskanen, C. Hornych, M. Kenney, C. Koropp, L. Lehmann-Ortega, J. Leitao, M. Loock, N. Løvdal, R. Lovio, A. Marcus, G. Meersohn, P. Mickwitz, P. Migliavacca, N. Peretz, S. Pogutz, A. Russo, J.-M. Schoettl, K. Sutcliffe, T. Teppo, R. Wuebker, R. Wüstenhagen Copyright Contents Contributors 1 An introduction to energy entrepreneurship research PART I THE ROLE OF START-UP FIRMS IN ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2 Market failure, market dynamics and entrepreneurial innovation by environmental ventures 3 Prolonged gestation and commitment to an emerging organizational field: energy efficiency and renewable energy businesses in Minnesota, 1993–2009 4 Entrepreneurial learning in energy technology start-ups: a case study in the biogas market PART II INTERNATIONAL ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5 Entrepreneurial opportunity and the formation of photovoltaic clusters in Eastern Germany 6 The rise of Chinese challenger firms in the global solar industry 7 International entrepreneurship in the offshore renewable energy industry PART III ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LARGE INCUMBENT FIRMS 8 Photovoltaic business models: threat or opportunity for utilities? 9 Why corporate venture capital funds fail: evidence from the European energy industry PART IV FINANCING ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP 10 Business angels and energy investing: insights from a German panel study 11 Venture capital investment in the greentech industries: a provocative essay 12 How do business models impact financial performance of renewable energy firms? PART V COMMERCIALIZING ENERGY INNOVATION 13 Interfirm relationships in a new industry: the case of fuel cell technologies 14 Challenges of doing market research in the new energy market 15 Path dependence, path creation and creative destruction in the evolution of energy systems PART VI ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY 16 Making, breaking, and remaking markets: state regulation, entrepreneurship, and photovoltaic electricity in New Jersey 17 International entrepreneurship and technology transfer: the CDM situation in China 18 Incentive prizes to stimulate energy innovation and entrepreneurship Index