McDowall, WAS;
(2018)
Disruptive innovation and energy transitions: Is Christensen’s theory helpful?
Energy Research and Social Science
, 37
pp. 243-246.
10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.049.
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Abstract
Clayton Christensen’s term, ‘disruptive innovation’ has become widespread. Unfortunately, Christensen’s theory relies on far too narrow a conception of both disruption and innovation to be a central framework for thinking about low-carbon transitions. It is better understood as describing one specific mechanism of technological and industrial change that contributes to a broader framework of understanding transitions. It should also be understood as a warning and reminder: businesses, policy analysts and energy modellers alike are prone to overlook potential shifts in user demands, and the technological changes that chase and enable them.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Disruptive innovation and energy transitions: Is Christensen’s theory helpful? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.049 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.049 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Innovation; Energy transitions; Energy modelling |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10031915 |
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