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- Karakaya, Emrah, et al.
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Motivators for adoption of photovoltaic systems at grid parity : A case study from Southern Germany
- 2015
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Ingår i: Renewable & sustainable energy reviews. - : Elsevier. - 1364-0321 .- 1879-0690. ; 43, s. 1090-1098
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In some countries, photovoltaic (PV) technology is at a stage of development at which it can compete with conventional electricity sources in terms of electricity generation costs, i.e., grid parity. A case in point is Germany, where the PV market has reached a mature stage, the policy support has scaled down and the diffusion rate of PV systems has declined. This development raises a fundamental question: what are the motives to adopt PV systems at grid parity? The point of departure for the relevant literature has been on the impact of policy support, adopters and, recently, local solar companies. However, less attention has been paid to the motivators for adoption at grid parity. This paper presents an in-depth analysis of the diffusion of PV systems, explaining the impact of policy measures, adopters and system suppliers. Anchored in an extensive and exploratory case study in Germany, we provide a context-specific explanation to the motivations to adopt PV systems at grid parity.
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- Nuur, Cali
(författare)
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Hur gör man i Sverige?
- 2011
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Ingår i: Leva någon annanstans. - Lund : Columbi Publishing. - 9789197947206
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Nuur, Cali
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Knowledge formation in natural resource based regions in old industrialised nations : Is an academic degree a panacea to offset industrial restructuring?
- 2017
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Ingår i: EDULEARN17 Proceedings. - : IATED. - 9788469737774 ; , s. 4571-4572
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In old industrialised nations such as Sweden, Canada, Australia, Finland, the policy and academic discourse has in recent years centred on the presence of high-tech companies that have academic knowledge base. However, although this is certainly true, these countries have also maintained strong international competitiveness with a relative specialization in what normally is labelled “low and medium tech” industries, many of which have a knowledge base strongly related to the transformation of natural resources. Primary extraction activities e.g. mining, forestry and preparatory and processing e.g. steel making and paper and pulping account for a significant part of economic activities. These sectors are generally located outside main urban centres viewed as loci of industrial and human development. In general, they are located in regions which today are viewed as lagging in terms of knowledge formation, entrepreneurship and innovations. These regions, the new periphery often lack higher education infrastructure such as universities. The natural resource based sectors as well as the regions that are home to theses industries have in recent decades found themselves in an industrial and policy debate which views higher education as a panacea of industrial competitiveness and regional development. This is among others manifested in the emergence of concepts such as “Knowledge Economy”, “Triple Helix” and “Innovation Systems”, Knowledge Society” etc. The underlying assumption of these concepts is that the acquisition of academic knowledge is a crucial aspect in regional as well as industrial development. This paper puts higher education in the context of natural resource based sectors and peripheral regions in old industrialised nations. Though two case studies of natural resource rich regions in Sweden, we discuss knowledge formation and argue that although higher education plays an important role in industrial and regional development, this should be put matched with industrial needs.
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- Nuur, Cali
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Location as a matrix of competition
- 2016
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Ingår i: <em>A Dynamic Mind. Perspectives on Industrial Dynamics in Honour of Staffan Laestadius</em>(2016). - Stockholm : Kungliga Tekniska högskolan. ; , s. 109-151
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Berlin, Daniel, 1993-, et al.
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Supply chain collaboration in circular supply chains : The example of Swedish steel recycling
- 2019
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Ingår i: Operations adding value to society. - Helsinki. ; , s. 1657-1666
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of supply chain collaboration between buyers and suppliers in the reverse flow of a system of circular supply chains. The empirical context is Swedish unalloyed steel recycling, i.e. recycling of steel with a low proportion of additional components. The paper applies a framework on mechanisms of coordination and supply chain flows to discuss the underlying rationale for how the Swedish steel recycling industry organizes coordination. At the activity level, it is shown how the inherent uncertainty of reverse flows is handled through voluntary cross-industrial cooperation and standardization.
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- Berlin, Daniel, 1993-, et al.
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Supply network collaborations in a circular economy : A case study of Swedish steel recycling
- 2022
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Ingår i: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. - : Elsevier BV. - 0921-3449 .- 1879-0658. ; 179, s. 106112-106112
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Supply network collaboration has been recognised as a vital enabler in the transition to a circular economy. Even so, the existing literature has directed limited attention to the nature of these relationships and the motivation behind them. Hence, there is a need to understand the actual activities of actors engaged in collaboration to address this knowledge gap. The steel industry presents an interesting example. Given that more than one-third of the world's steel production originates from scrap, its supply is essential to the survival of the steel industry. Based on an explorative case study, this paper investigates collaboration of steel producers, a procurement intermediary and scrap dealers to facilitate steel recycling. These actors deal with the practical challenge of variation in the quantity and quality of steel scrap by engaging in various types of collaboration. This paper seeks to analyse the nature of these collaborations and answer the question of why actors engage in supply network collaboration. The paper identifies a complex web of relationships and outlines differing motives for and against collaboration, with specific focus on three types. While quality control is the main motive in dyadic vertical collaboration between a buyer and a supplier, efficiency is the main motive for both horizontal collaboration between buyers and lateral collaboration amongst all actors in the supply network. Thus, this paper adds to the conventional wisdom of sequential, dyadic, linear and vertical relationships, providing a deeper understanding of the types of supply network collaboration from the underexplored context of steel recycling.
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- Berlin, Daniel, 1993-, et al.
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The relatedness of open- and closed-loop supply chains in the context of the circular economy; Framing a continuum
- 2022
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Ingår i: Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain. - : Elsevier. - 2772-3909. ; 4, s. 100048-100048
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The configuration of closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs) for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to recover and remarket products has been discussed as a crucial pathway in the transition towards the circular economy (CE). However, in the context of the CE, circular supply chains (CSCs) have an extended role to recover materials and minimize waste that goes beyond the particular firm’s product recovery and remarketing. Thus, the open-loop supply chains (OLSCs) have an equally important role to play as supply chain configurations where actors other than the OEM engage in product and material recovery. While the literature on CLSC is a mature field, studies that analyze the complementary nature of CLSC and OLSC in addressing the transition to the CE are scant. Based on a systematic literature review (2007–2021), this paper contributes to literature by identifying some of the characteristics of OLSC, providing empirical illustrations, and developing a conceptual framework of the open- and closed-loop supply chain continuum.
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- Chizarfard, Armaghan, et al.
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Managing Structural Tensions in the Transition to the Circular Economy: the Case of Electric Vehicle Batteries
- 2022
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Ingår i: Circular Economy and Sustainability. - : Springer Nature. - 2730-597X .- 2730-5988.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The circular economy (CE) has recently gained attention as a key transformative strategy. However, as with previous transformation processes, the transition towards the CE is not a smooth process since there are underlying structural tensions in incumbent systems that need to be overcome. One industry that is currently undergoing transformative pressure is the automobile industry where the transition to electric vehicles that use lithium-ion bat- teries is creating structural tensions. In this paper, we adopt a multi-actor perspective and analyze the strategies that different actors pursue to manage the structural tensions that are induced by the transition towards lithium-ion batteries with the goal of creating and sus- taining a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) model. Through a case study of the key actors (mining firms, material manufacturers, vehicle manufacturers, and recyclers), we reveal the particularities of managing structural tensions which are influenced by temporal, spatial, and contextual factors. We demonstrate our claim by first expanding the application bound- ary of the concept of structural tensions to show the interconnection between strategic choices made by actors at operational and technological levels; and second, unfolding the dynamics of managing structural tensions in the CE transitions from a multi-actor perspec- tive. The results of this study may support industrial actors to achieve a better understand- ing of the consequences of their short- and long-term CE transition strategies, and resolve conflicts in visions and priorities during the transition process.
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- Chizarfard, Armaghan, et al.
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The transformation to a circular economy : framing an evolutionary view
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of evolutionary economics. - : Springer Nature. - 0936-9937 .- 1432-1386. ; 31:2, s. 475-504
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The notion of the circular economy (CE) has recently been put forth as a strategy to mitigate climate change. It has gained attention in policy circles and in the engineering and natural science literature. In contrast to the linear model of production, use and disposal, the point of departure for the CE is the creation and sustention of a regenerative system with the goal of minimising resource inputs and emissions. However, although the emerging literature has discussed the ongoing transition process towards the CE, mainly from an ecological perspective, the underlying mechanisms of industrial change including structural tensions have not been discussed. Responding to this gap in the literature, the aim of this paper is to discuss CE as an evolutionary process and to propose a conceptual framework that builds on a development block approach.
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