Determinants for the adoption of green electricity by German SMEs – An empirical examination

Rahbauer, Sebastian; Menapace, Luisa; Menrad, Klaus; Lang, Hannes

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2018.09.033

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“…Another main issue observed during this research study was the lack of research that explored China and the United States, even though the United States and China contribute more greenhouse gases than the other countries. Our research, consistent with previous meta‐analyses, shows studies in Europe make up the majority of the articles (e.g., Falle, Rauter, Engert, & Baumgartner, ; Galdeano‐Gómez, Pérez‐Mesa, & Godoy‐Durán, ; Lynch‐Wood & Williamson, ; Rahbauer, Menapace, Menrad, & Lang, ; Starčević, Zrnić, & Mijoč, ), followed by Asian studies (e.g., Alziady & Enayah, ; Dhillon, Bentley, & Bukoye, ; Nejati, Quazi, Amran, & Ahmad, ) and North American studies (e.g., Westman et al, ).…”

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An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

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One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is climate change. The need to consistently advance with environmentally sustainable practices in today's businesses is crucial, and businesses are demanded to be more environmentally sustainable every day. This study conducts an analysis of the literature on small and medium‐sized enterprises' (SMEs) environmental sustainability by carefully examining 122 studies from 58 journals published from 2013 to 2019. We investigate the trends in drivers and barriers of sustainability adoption to inform both SMEs managers and policymakers. Our results also classify the reviewed studies on the basis of their methodologies and show the distribution of studies across industry sectors and locations in order to set directions for future research on sustainability practices of SMEs.

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An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

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“…Entrepreneurs' personalities, technical systems, economic aspects, firm characteristics as purchase-related factors, and the sales market and green marketing activities as sales-related factors were identified as the primary determinant factors and potential barriers to green energy adoption. Rahbauer et al (2018), as a follow-up, found empirical evidence towards the relevance of certain purchase-and salesrelated factors in SMEs' green electricity adoption, i.e., altruistic motives of SME decision-makers, past pro-environmental behavior, trust in the continual availability of green electricity, environmental sustainability of green energy providers, perception of price for green electricity, being a microenterprise, and customer appreciation of an SME's greenness.…”

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confidence: 88%

Drivers and challenges of solar photovoltaics (PV) adoption by Turkish manufacturers

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Derin-Güre,

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2024

Environ Dev Sustain

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This study addresses the critical gap in literature caused by previous qualitative studies on PV adoption focusing primarily on households, which have limited access to specific industry sectors across different countries. As far as we know, no other research has investigated the manufacturing and industrial firms’ perspective on Renewable energy and, specifically, PV adaptation in Türkiye. We use a qualitative semi-structured survey approach accommodated in Turkish Organized Industrial Zones. According to the interviews carried out within the scope of this study, an increase in electricity prices and a decrease in the payback period by PV installment are seen as the most critical drivers of PV adoption in the manufacturing sector. Energy security concerns and climate change policies also help increase the pace of PV adaptation. One of the biggest challenges in PV adoption seems to be technical challenges due to the limited capacity of the transformer, bureaucratic problems due to PV applications, supply side problems due to long wait times by the suppliers, knowledge and information problems, architectural and space problem that are also linked to the legal constraints and financial difficulties due to the lack of access to credit due to the macroeconomic situation of the country.

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“…Such firms expect their suppliers to integrate sustainability measures into their operations, but also to participate in certification schemes (Agan et al, 2013; Del Brio & Junquera, 2003; Granly & Welo, 2014; Klewitz & Hansen, 2014; Melander, 2018; Walker & Preuss, 2008; Wu, 2017). However, the extent to which customer demands induce an SMEs' orientation towards sustainable value creation can be influenced by SME owner/managers' perception of sustainable value creation as a risk or an opportunity (Chassé & Courrent, 2018; Jansson et al, 2017; Saunila et al, 2019; Rahbauer, Menapace, Menrad, & Lang, 2018), and also customers' conception of sustainable value creation (Agan et al, 2013).…”

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The psychological distance and construal level perspectives of sustainable value creation in SMEs

Mzembe

2020

Sustainable Development

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This article examines internal organizational factors and external antecedents of sustainable value creation by small medium enterprises (SMEs) and constructs a framework that integrates, at both levels, the theories of psychological distance and construal level from the field of psychology. This research provides an explanation as to why sustainable value creation remains a complex issue, and why many SMEs' engage with sustainable value creation to varying degrees. This paper particularly highlights how owner/managers of SME may construe different dimensions of psychological distance and apply their understanding to their response to different antecedents of sustainable value creation. Finally, by adopting the psychological distance perspective, this paper highlights the conditions under which internal and external organizational and factors can affect SMEs' propensity to create sustainable value. It further concludes by highlighting areas for further research.

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Determinants for the adoption of green electricity by German SMEs – An empirical examination

Cited by 18 publications

References 17 publications

An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

Drivers and challenges of solar photovoltaics (PV) adoption by Turkish manufacturers

The psychological distance and construal level perspectives of sustainable value creation in SMEs

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