Designing a just business model for citizen-owned energy cooperatives

Local energy cooperatives are pivotal in decentralizing and democratizing the energy system. This research aims to provide a roadmap for creating energy cooperatives that address energy poverty in the Netherlands, emphasizing the potential for a just energy transition. <br/><br/>This project bridges the realms of theory and empirical research in...

Sustainable business model dynamics of technology-based start-ups: The role of external factors in the Dutch PV sector

Research on the effect and influence of external factors on the sustainable business model elements of technology-based start-ups in the Netherlands operating in the PV sector. This resulted in research findings demonstrating that external factors exert a substantial influence on the business model dynamics of Dutch technology-based PV start-ups...

Business model innovation to enable energy efficiency in Dutch residential buildings

In the Netherlands, the residential building sector accounts for 20% of energy consumption and 14% of carbon emissions. To reach the ambitious National targets of decreasing energy consumption and to stop this sector’s reliance on natural gas, a wide renovation of the building stock is needed. Residential buildings’ energy performance has to...

Applying blockchain technology in multi-sided platforms to enable business model innovation: An explorative case study on decentralized sharing platforms

The competiveness between businesses is continuously increasing and multi-sided platforms seek to reduce cost, increase efficiency and improve the quality of products and services. This research explored the role of blockchain technology as a driver for business model innovation of multi-sided platforms. This case study contributed to scientific...

Energy Management: Techno-economic assessment of a power manager - towards a business case for integrating electric vehicles within a building’s electrical system

Due to the intermittent character of renewable electricity sources and increasing decentralized electricity production, grid operators are facing challenges in balancing electricity- demand and supply within grid operations. These characteristics make it challenging for operators to forecast in- and outflowing electricity in the grid. This often...

Abductive reasoning as strategy to develop business growth: Executive's cognition and business performance

The study presented in this work investigates the impact of forms of logical reasoning on company performance. Under changing market conditions and uncertainty, executives too often fail to foresee strategic options that lead to superior company performance. One reason for this is that executives tend to rely on deductive/inductive logic in...

Successful Business Model Innovation: "What is the effect of using abductive reasoning in business model innovation on successful business venturing?"

Years after the peak of the Global Financial Crisis, Europe as a theatre of business remains exposed to considerable pressures from uncertainties in the development of national economies. One key element to sustainable success in corporate venturing is the capacity of enterprises to sense and seize an opportunity to grow value through investment...

Community based biogas enterprises in Ghana: An explorative study on Ghanaian cultural values and the associated opportunities for biogas technology

Ghana as a developing country has some challenges for the future. These challenges include an energy crisis, a high dependence on firewood and high levels of poverty. Biogas technology has the potential to make a contribution in solving these challenges, but is not yet widely implemented in Ghana. For this reason, the aim of this thesis was to...

Business Model Innovation of the 1-day Rapid Recovery Hip Pathway

This project aims to design a business model of the 1-day Rapid Recovery Hip pathway, an innovative pathway that enables hip replacement patients to leave on the day of surgery by improving their post-operative recovery.The Reinier de Graaf hospital in Delft is the only hospital in the Netherlands who routinely treats THA patients in 1-day and...