Essays about: "Niche innovation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 70 essays containing the words Niche innovation.

  1. 21. Driving Sustainable Growth - a New Role for the Gatekeepers of Innovation?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Anna Serner; Nora Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainable investing; Sustainability impact assessment; Sustainable venture capital; Venture capital; Start-ups;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how venture capital firms define and assess sustainability in the screening process of investment objectives and in the development of portfolio companies. Further, it investigates factors affecting the extent to which venture capital firms address sustainability. READ MORE

  3. 22. The role of business models for technology innovation : a case study on Power-to-Gas

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Tone Fjellstedt; Thomas Hill Anderson Galbraith; [2021]
    Keywords : business models; low carbon transition; performative market device; sector-coupling; power-to-gas technology;

    Abstract : The thesis contributes to the understanding of business models as performative market devices for development and uptake of technological innovation in low carbon transitions. Transition studies are criticised for neglecting the role of business models as part of socio-technical transitions. READ MORE

  4. 23. How Can Start-Up Firms Define A Market For Radical Innovation – The Case Of Textile Coated By Graphene.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Industriell ekonomi

    Author : Sandra Knopik; [2021]
    Keywords : start-ups; market definition; radical innovation; dynamic capabilities.;

    Abstract : Start-ups have played and still play a vital role in national and global economies. To grow and maintain competitiveness, companies need to innovate, and this is the engine of market growth. READ MORE

  5. 24. Unlocking the Potential of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises through the Climate-neutral Cities Mission | A case study of Malmö and Lund in the Region Skåne, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Kyle Lavelle; [2021]
    Keywords : SME; climate-neutral cities; mission-oriented innovation policy; Region Skåne; urban sustainability transition; intermediaries; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Through the national innovation program Viable Cities, the City of Malmö and the City of Lund in the Region Skåne of southern Sweden have recently undertaken a mission to become climate-neutral by 2030, requiring the commitment and participation of the entire local, urban system in the pursuit and uptake of bottom-up, radical solutions. While small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up the backbone of the region’s economy, their importance to the mission’s success has not been fully conceptualized, despite evidence indicating that some SMEs are suited for developing radical innovations while others will struggle to decarbonize their business. READ MORE

  6. 25. Multi-scalar view on niche diffusion - Understanding agency and institutional strategies in the process of diffusion of niche innovation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Nicol Mayr; [2021]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Only recently has a geographical viewpoint on sustainability transitions opened up the containerized view on transition trajectories. Next to the important step of institutionalising niche logics transforming them into regime rationalities, the multi-scalar perspective reveals that niches, as well as regimes, can also upscale. READ MORE