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Institutional relatedness and the emergence of renewable energy cooperatives in German districts
- Source :
- Punt, M B, Bauwens, T, Frenken, K & Holstenkamp, L 2022, ' Institutional relatedness and the emergence of renewable energy cooperatives in German districts ', Regional Studies, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 548-562 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1890708, Regional Studies, 56(4), 548. Routledge
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This paper analyses the evolution of renewable energy cooperatives, examining all such cooperatives founded in German districts between 2006 and 2016. The rise of the cooperative form in renewable energy production is a prominent example of the strong involvement of users in market formation. We investigate the effects of ‘institutional relatedness’, arguing that renewable energy cooperatives can leverage the organizational knowledge and the legitimacy gained by cooperatives active in other industries in the same district. Using an organizational ecology approach, we find that the local presence of cooperatives in other industries indeed supported the founding of renewable energy cooperatives.
- Subjects :
- 0211 other engineering and technologies
0507 social and economic geography
legitimacy
related diversification
Social Sciences(all)
02 engineering and technology
German
Environmental Science(all)
institutions
Legitimacy
General Environmental Science
business.industry
05 social sciences
General Social Sciences
021107 urban & regional planning
market formation
renewable energy
language.human_language
Renewable energy
language
Management studies
Business
Economic system
050703 geography
cooperatives
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00343404
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Punt, M B, Bauwens, T, Frenken, K & Holstenkamp, L 2022, ' Institutional relatedness and the emergence of renewable energy cooperatives in German districts ', Regional Studies, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 548-562 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1890708, Regional Studies, 56(4), 548. Routledge
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7ffaadd5f38b04b5c530cf9abadbec89