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Disruptive Innovation in Green Energy Sectors: An Entrepreneurial Perspective

Background: Green hydrogen energy systems can address environmental and societal concerns within the energy sector. Therefore, increased attentions from both public and private stakeholders has led to the general perception that hydrogen systems can serve as a disruptive innovation.  Given that disruption innovation theory has seen increased entrepreneurial involvement over recent years, the study focuses on assessing the role of green entrepreneurs within the implementation of hydrogen systems through cross-collaborative efforts and disruptive innovation drivers.    Purpose: The development of a theoretical matrix that interconnects disruptive innovation, entrepreneurial involvement, and cross-collaborative initiatives to establish entrepreneurial positioning roles within the energy market.    Method: The epistemology chosen was interpretivist, and its ontology subjectivism. The research followed an inductive approach. The research was qualitatively conducted and adopted a case study approach. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews, and followed a theoretical sampling approach.   Conclusion: The study proposes a theoretical matrix that extended disruptive innovation theory to green entrepreneurship and concluded that high levels of cross-collaboration, and a high innovation impact, serve as key drivers for green entrepreneurial implementations of disruptive energy. Results highlight the need for entrepreneurial involvement across all stages of market implementations.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hj-52853
Date January 2021
CreatorsHendriks, Kjel
PublisherJönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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