Barriers to circular business model innovation in the energy sector

• The study aims to identify obstacles associated with the development of circular business models in the energy sector. Due to the complex character of business model innovation and the recent emergence of the field of circular business models the study was designed as an exploratory qualitative study with 36 respondents. Three main groups of barriers to circular business model innovation were identified. The groups were external, organizational, and collaborative barriers. These main categories of barriers are made up by subcategories of barriers, with external barriers comprising market and institutional, regulatory, and systemic barriers; organizational barriers containing perceptional, and knowledge and resource barriers; and collaborative barriers containing perceptional, financial, social, and regulatory barriers. The paper briefly discusses the implications of the barriers for circular business model innovation in the energy sector.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Circular economy

business model innovation

energy sector

barriers

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