Co-evolution of innovative business models and sustainability transitions: The case of the Energy Service Company (ESCo) model and the UK energy system
Co-evolution of innovative business models and sustainability transitions: The case of the Energy Service Company (ESCo) model and the UK energy system
复制标题
创新商业模式和可持续转型的共同演化：能源服务公司（ESCo）模式和英国能源系统的案例
DOI：
--
复制
发表时间：
2012
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
M. Hannon
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
M. Hannon
越来越多的人认为，我们目前所依赖的能源体系从根本上来说是不可持续的，如果我们要继续满足未来的能源需求，就必须对其进行改革。目前，我们对创新商业模式的发展和实施在促进向可持续能源系统过渡方面的作用认识不足，创新商业模式旨在以可持续的方式满足我们的能源需求。为了提高这种理解，本文开发了一个分析框架，集成了共同进化和商业模式理论，并应用该框架来分析能源服务公司（ESCo）商业模式和更广泛的英国能源系统的案例。
There is a growing consensus that the current energy system we rely on is fundamentally unsustainable and that it will have to be transformed if we are to continue to satisfy our energy needs in the future. At present we have a poor understanding of the role that the development and implementation of innovative business models, designed to satisfy our energy needs in a sustainable manner, could play in facilitating a transition to a sustainable energy system. To improve this understanding, this thesis develops an analytical framework that integrates co-evolutionary and business model theories, and applies this framework to analyse the case of the Energy Service Company (ESCo) business model and the wider UK energy system.
The thesis begins by presenting the core characteristics of the ESCo business model and its key variants; its strengths and weaknesses; and the factors that have constrained and enabled the uptake of this sustainable business model. It then examines the coevolutionary relationship the ESCo model shares with the UK energy system to explain not only why the model has struggled to gain traction, compared to the incumbent Energy Utility company (EUCo) model, but also the role the ESCo model could play in a transition to a sustainable UK energy system.
In light of the empirical investigation, the research finds that the development and adoption of the ESCo business model could play a valuable role in facilitating transitions to sustainable energy systems. However, it is likely to struggle to gain traction due to ESCos’ poor fitness with the prevailing selection environment, which can in part be attributed to the causal influence of the unsustainable, incumbent EUCo model. Conversely, worsening ecosystem crises, the introduction of supportive regulation and positive feedbacks associated with the adoption of this model by new and incumbent system actors could help the ESCo model to proliferate and thus, have an important influence on the transition to a sustainable energy system
英国地方当局的战略能源规划：对利兹市的研究
影响因子：
9
作者：
Bale C
通讯作者：
Bale C