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Managerial and organizational challenges encountered in the development of sustainable technology: Analysis of Swedish biorefinery pilot and demonstration plants
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Business Administration and Industrial Engineering. RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1820-0505
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Business Administration and Industrial Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8103-2519
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2264-7043
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2020 (English)In: Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, E-ISSN 1879-1786, Vol. 276, article id 124150Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Pilot and demonstration plants (PDPs) perform critical tasks in the development of new sustainable technology by bridging basic knowledge generation and large-scale commercialization. Significant private and public funding has therefore been allocated to PDPs addressing climate change, pollution abatement technology and/or increased resource efficiency. After technology verification, PDPs typically struggle with evolving objectives, and reports of stalled or delayed development are common. Key problems may center on technical difficulties, but challenges of a non-technical nature are equally important, not least for the development of clean technology. This paper draws on a longitudinal case study of four PDPs used for advanced biorefinery technology development in Sweden and delineates the key managerial and organizational challenges that arise in and around such plants. By taking the actor networks around PDPs as the main unit of analysis, this paper gives a detailed description of various challenges, such as the division of responsibility for the operation and ownership of the PDPs, unclear roles and objectives, and the lack of specific competences and resources in the actor networks. One important conclusion is that improved knowledge about such challenges should increase the resilience of actor networks in and around PDPs, and also help shorten the formative phase of developing sustainable technology.

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Elsevier, 2020. Vol. 276, article id 124150
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sustainable technology, technology development, pilot and demonstration plants, managerial challenges, organizational challenges, bioeconomy
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Economics; Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-80888DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124150ISI: 000579500800148Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85091561054OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-80888DiVA, id: diva2:1469647
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Validerad;2020;Nivå 2;2020-10-06 (alebob)

Available from: 2020-09-22 Created: 2020-09-22 Last updated: 2023-09-05Bibliographically approved

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