Technological capabilities development model in Chinese energy service companies

Abstract

This paper investigates the energy service companies (ESCOs) in China from the perspective of technological capability (TC) development. The conventional capability development model of manufacturing in emerging economies has been adapted to examine the four dimensions of TC (investment, production, linkage and innovation) through a qualitative analysis of multiple case studies. Small and medium-sized private ESCOs can perform well based on investment and production capabilities to develop energy management software competence. Large state-owned ESCOs can develop more advanced linkage and innovation capabilities and serve large-scale businesses with more specialist services. For small and medium-sized ESCOs, competitiveness, customers and related business strategy are the primary drivers of TC development. These drivers are essential for large ESCOs, but government support and pressure are also important. The framework developed can be used to research ESCOs and other service providers in other developing countries.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129551
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Operations & Information Management
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Aston India Foundation for Applied Research
Aston University (General)
Additional Information: © 2021, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chinese ESCOs,Energy efficiency,Technological capability,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,General Environmental Science,Strategy and Management,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Publication ISSN: 1879-1786
Last Modified: 28 Nov 2024 08:16
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2021 13:55
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2022-01-01
Published Online Date: 2021-11-11
Accepted Date: 2021-10-29
Authors: Qiu, Peng
Nunes, Breno (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-8892-2728)
Vaidya, Kirit
Van De Kaa, Geerten
Greeven, Mark

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