Sustainable Development Concept of Innovative Energy Business Models
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 24862
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable development in energy is the object of interest of scholars and managers, who not only want to identify the current situation in energy and learn about its drivers, but who also want try and predict the possible future trends in business models on the energy market. In recent years, changes in the development of innovative energy business models have been observed that are related to trends in the business environment (customer behavior related to generation X, Y, and Z; development of new technologies, especially social media; changes in the political and legal environment; and the global pandemic). Currently, companies have to face challenges associated with change, including the Coronavirus pandemic, which requires the implementation of various business activities that help protect their competitive position. A very important challenge in this matter is finding innovative business models based on the concept of sustainable development.
There is no doubt that the business environment is changing the management activities of companies. These activities are stimulated by new communication technologies and an unpredictable economic climate, but our knowledge about the detailed antecedents and consequences of these phenomena at micro-, mezzo-, and macro-levels is very fragmented. We also do not know much about specific types of managerial behavior that emerge from these phenomena, their interdependencies, or their contingencies, as these phenomena may depend heavily on the cultural and economic context of the country of comparison. This call follows the shortcomings in academic knowledge, and is open to both conceptual and empirical work that builds a better understanding of the reasons for business model change in the energy sector.
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Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Bilińska-Reformat
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- business models in the energy market
- young customers
- energy company
- sustainable management
- energy sustainability
- business model innovations in the energy sector
- presumption
- social media
- global pandemic and energy market
- energy efficiency in the context of energy market
- regulatory impact on business models in the energy sector
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