Chapter 3. Research methodology and study design

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“…However, when it comes to expanding to a harsher environment, a guarantee of technology performance at a certain standard is needed. Furthermore, the MLP literature has mainly focused on high-tech innovations, but the comparatively cheaper but 'good enough' low-tech innovations are also of global significance in sustainability transitions innovations' (Christensen, 1997) in the context of developing countries because they possess considerable potential to move up markets and eventually emerge as dominant, though many system barriers are expected before they realise their full potential.…”

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Encircling cities from rural areas? Barriers to the diffusion of solar water heaters in China's urban market

Gibbs

2018

Energy Policy

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Researchers have contributed a fruitful understanding of the facilitating factors for solar water heaters (SWH) diffusion in China at different governance levels. However, the barriers to its further diffusion in the urban environment have so far not been addressed. One feature of SWH diffusion in China is that it emerged from the rural market, mainly driven by market demand. This article explicitly focuses on China's diffusion of SWH from rural areas to urban cities and explores the problems and barriers obstructing its full potential in cities. Applying the Multi-level Perspective (MLP) framework, the results find that the technological niche is still not mature enough, and the urban regime is still powerful in terms of building infrastructure, consumer demand, policy coordination and vested interests. SWH development in China is promoted more as a business opportunity, while environmental discourses have not been powerful enough to promote further diffusion in the urban context. We suggest there is a need to focus on technology innovation with higher industry standards and to implement more benefit-based incentive policies to motivate incumbent actors.

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Encircling cities from rural areas? Barriers to the diffusion of solar water heaters in China's urban market

Gibbs

2018

Energy Policy

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“…Considering their relative backwardness in technological and financial capacities, latecomer regions may be more advised to develop less R&D-and capital-intensive green industries in the first place, so that they can get the utmost out of their latecomer advantages. Many successful innovations emerge from low-cost/low-tech alternatives [24]. Disruptive low-carbon innovations are also expected to improve their technology performance to cater to the more demanding markets, thus possessing the potential to grow from 'periphery-to-core'.…”

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“…These innovations are usually low-cost and low-tech products targeting previously excluded markets, but they possess considerable potential to grow their markets and may eventually come to dominate. Such innovations are not only more affordable, and thus available to the bulk of the world's population, but also could be 'disruptive' by redefining technologies and setting novel development paths [24]. Thus, low-carbon disruptive innovations could be of much greater and more direct relevance to sustainability transitions in countries such as China [25].…”

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Social ties, homophily and heterophily in urban sustainability transitions: User practices and solar water heater diffusion in China

Gibbs

2018

Energy Research & Social Science

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This paper aims to explore the potential of latecomer cities in sustainability transitions from the demand side. The case study investigates the role of users and their social ties in influencing the popularisation of solar water heaters in a latecomer city Dezhou, in contrast to a more developed counterpart, Beijing. The two cities show vast differences in user preferences towards the low-tech environmental innovation, and the stronger social ties in Dezhou facilitate the diffusion through not only frequent social learning and peer pressure, but also enhancing userproducer trust and relation. These findings suggest that latecomer cities could provide less harsh selection environments for disruptive environmental innovations and their comparatively homogenous social ties could be harnessed to empower niche development.

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“…Teori disruptive innovation dapat digunakan dengan sederhana, mudah digunakan dan murah untuk sebuah organisasi yang baru dapat bertumbuh dan memenangkan petahana yang sudah terlanjur kuat (Christensen, 1997). Teori ini menganggap bahwa perusahaanperusahaan yang memiliki probabilitas tinggi untuk mengalahkan perusahaan pendatang baru dalam industri masuk kategori mempertahankan inovasi (sustaining innovation), tapi perusahaan perusahaan yang mapan tersebut hampir selalu kalah ketika menghadapi pendatang baru dengan inovasi mengganggunya (disruptive innovation) (Christensen, Anthony, & Roth, 2004).…”

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Identifikasi Pembayaran Bergerak (Mobile Payment) yang Mengganggu (Disruptive) di Indonesia

Mawarrini

2017

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This research aims to identify disruptive mobile payment in Indonesia. Mobile payment as a sector of financial technology is enabling the lifestyle transformation of electronic banking. The future of retail banking is a smartphone experience that gladden and customers also aspire for a “bank in my pocket”. Mobile payment as the second sector most likely to be disrupted in the intersection of finance and technology industry. The promising approach of disruptive innovations is proposed by Professor Christensen from Harvard Bussiness School. They suggest that two strategies for identifying the new disruptive growth of business, as following: “creating a new market as a base of disruption” and “disrupting the business model from the low end”. Our research findings that mobile payment tends to replicate bank’s business model, its business model only espouse financial institution. Customers also desire their mobile payment have to the following three priorities: anytime and anywhere, fully digital (convenience), fast and accurate. When epicenter of disruption of mobile payment have been widely misunderstood and its basic principle frequently misapplied. Islamic mobile payment should be immediately developed in order to expand the coverage of Islamic financial services

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Chapter 3. Research methodology and study design

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Encircling cities from rural areas? Barriers to the diffusion of solar water heaters in China's urban market

Encircling cities from rural areas? Barriers to the diffusion of solar water heaters in China's urban market

Social ties, homophily and heterophily in urban sustainability transitions: User practices and solar water heater diffusion in China

Identifikasi Pembayaran Bergerak (Mobile Payment) yang Mengganggu (Disruptive) di Indonesia

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