The entry strategies of research-based firms in the transition to a sustainable energy system

Fontes, Margarida; Sousa, Cristina

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The entry strategies of research-based firms in the transition to a sustainable energy system

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dc.contributor.author	Fontes, Margarida
dc.contributor.author	Sousa, Cristina
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-04T15:05:26Z
dc.date.available	2018-10-04T15:05:26Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.description.abstract	ABSTRACT: The paper discusses the entry strategies adopted by research-based firms introducing advanced renewable energy technologies (RET) in the electricity production sector and their interactions with regime incumbents. Drawing on the sustainability transitions and the strategic management of technology literatures we build an analytical framework and apply it, in an exploratory way, to firms operating in two very diverse energy niches – wind and wave energy – using in depth-case studies. The results suggest that new entrants tend to depend on complementary assets possessed by incumbents, but have conditions to protect their technologies from expropriation; and that the technologies are relevant for (at least some) incumbents, which show interest on them, or are directly involved in their development/use. This is, in most cases, conducive to ‘cooperation’ strategies, which assume different forms according to the stage of development of the technology and its proximity to incumbents’ competences and assets.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Fontes, Margarida; Sousa, Cristina. - The entry strategies of research-based firms in the transition to a sustainable energy system. In: International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship, 2017, Vol. 3 (4), p. 310-329	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	1746-5370
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/3073
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Inderscience	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTE.2017.091012	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Renewable energies	pt_PT
dc.subject	Research-based firms	pt_PT
dc.subject	Technological innovation systems	pt_PT
dc.subject	Entrepreneurship	pt_PT
dc.subject	Electricity production	pt_PT
dc.subject	Case studies	pt_PT
dc.subject	Portugal	pt_PT
dc.title	The entry strategies of research-based firms in the transition to a sustainable energy system	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.title	International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	3	pt_PT
person.familyName	Duarte de Castro Fontes
person.familyName	Sousa
person.givenName	Maria Margarida
person.givenName	Cristina
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