The adoption of renewable technologies : a performance analysis of strategic and organizational approaches for energy utilities

This study aims to different goals, which may be summarized in three macro-objectives: (i) to identify the approaches adopted by incumbent firms operating in energy market to manage renewable technologies, (ii) to understand the correlations between contextual variables and implemented models of point (i), and finally (iii) to define the pivotal levers which allow energy incumbents to obtain specific operating and economic performances, in order to highlight which organizational variables are more significant and effective on corporate results.

La presente tesi si pone tre macro-obiettivi: (i) identificare gli approcci applicati dalle imprese incumbent nel settore energy per gestire le rinnovabili, (ii) comprendere i legami tra variabili di contesto e approcci, di cui al punto (i), e (iii) definire le principali leve che hanno permesso agli incumbent studiati di ottenere determinate performance economiche ed operative, al fine di mettere in luce le variabili organizzative maggiormente efficaci sui risultati aziendali.