Print Email Facebook Twitter Technological capabilities development model in Chinese energy service companies Title Technological capabilities development model in Chinese energy service companies Author Qiu, Peng (Aston University) Nunes, Breno (Aston University) Vaidya, Kirit (Aston University) van de Kaa, G. (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation) Greeven, Mark (IMD Lausanne) Date 2021 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. Subject Chinese ESCOsEnergy efficiencyTechnological capability To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fd81b6bd-2635-432a-82b3-d66e09e09699 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129551 Embargo date 2022-05-11 ISSN 0959-6526 Source Journal of Cleaner Production, 330 Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2021 Peng Qiu, Breno Nunes, Kirit Vaidya, G. van de Kaa, Mark Greeven Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0959652621037306_main.pdf 1.21 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:fd81b6bd-2635-432a-82b3-d66e09e09699/datastream/OBJ/view