Comparative study about Danish and Dutch wind turbine industry

This research - which is based on a multiple case-study - analyzes the development of the wind turbine industry in the Netherlands and Denmark between 1973 and 2005 and explains the differences between the two from a social context. The main question of this research is: Why did Danish entrepreneurs take the lead in the wind turbine industry and not the Dutch? On the one hand it validates claims that have been made in earlier case studies on the wind turbine industry on the basis of a theoretical framework that explores the interaction between evolutionary and strategic forces within an emerging community. On the other hand it gives an open-minded picture of the development in both countries by using the input of 37 interviews with wind turbine industry experts.

Autorentext

Martin Boon estudou Administração de Empresas Internacionais (BSc) e Empreendedorismo e Novos Negócios (MSc) na RSM Erasmus University de 2003 a 2008. O seu interesse pela energia eólica e solar levou-o a realizar uma tese de mestrado sobre o desenvolvimento da indústria dinamarquesa e neerlandesa de turbinas eólicas.