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The energy efficiency gap and barriers to investments
Bremer, Leon; Nijs, Sacha J. den; Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2023
investment behavior and barriers to investing in EE. A set of 16 barriers is constructed based on the literature. We find that … uncertainty. Past policies have not been successful in addressing these barriers. Additionally, we find that a firm's network can …
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The role of aggregators in facilitating industrial demand response : evidence from Germany
Stede, Jan; Arnold, Karin; Dufter, Christa; Holtz, Georg; … - 2020
in overcoming barriers to industrial demand response. We find that a central role for aggregators is to raise awareness … barriers to demand response are reduced or knowledge on demand response becomes more diffused. …
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Acceptance of Data Sharing in Smartphone Apps from Key Industries of the Digital Transformation : A Representative Population Survey for Germany
Mohr, Svenja; Cloos, Janis - 2021
The use of smartphone apps has numerous advantages for app providers and users. However, the users of many smartphone apps are confronted with a trade-off between usage benefits and preferences for personal data protection. We investigate the acceptability of data sharing in different...
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Determinants of households' investment in energy efficiency and renewables : evidence from the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes
Ameli, Nadia; Brandt, Nicola - 2014
Many studies on household energy efficiency investments suggest that a wide range of seemingly profitable investments are not taken up. This paper provides novel evidence on the main factors behind consumer choices using the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes. The...
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Digital adoption during COVID-19 : Cross-country evidence from microdata
Calvino, Flavio - 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented global economic downturn, affecting productivity, business dynamics, and digital technology adoption. Using a comprehensive commercial database from Spiceworks Ziff Davis, this study analyses the firm-level drivers of digitalisation during the...
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Payment Technology Adoption and Finance : A Randomized-Controlled-Trial with SMEs
Dalton, Patricio S. - 2018
experiment released barriers to adopt a novel payment instrument. We uncover that the adoption barriers were binding for a large …
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What Drives the Relationship Between Digitalization and Industrial Energy Demand? Exploring Firm-Level Heterogeneity
Axenbeck, Janna; Berner, Anne; Kneib, Thomas - 2022
The ongoing digital transformation has raised hopes for ICT-based climate protection within manufacturing industries, such as dematerialized products and energy efficiency gains. However, ICT also consume energy as well as resources, and detrimental effects on the environment are increasingly...
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Climate Protection Potentials of Digitalized Production Processes : Microeconometric Evidence?
Axenbeck, Janna; Niebel, Thomas - 2022
Although information and communication technologies (ICT) consume energy themselves, they are considered to have the potential to reduce overall energy intensity within economic sectors. While previous empirical evidence is based on aggregated data, this is the first large-scale empirical study...
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Climate protection potentials of digitalized production processes : microeconometric evidence?
Axenbeck, Janna; Niebel, Thomas - 2021
Although information and communication technologies (ICT) consume energy themselves, they are considered to have the potential to reduce overall energy intensity within economic sectors. While previous empirical evidence is based on aggregated data, this is the first large-scale empirical study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816326
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What drives the relationship between digitalization and industrial energy demand? : exploring firm-level heterogeneity
Axenbeck, Janna; Berner, Anne; Kneib, Thomas - 2022
The ongoing digital transformation has raised hopes for ICT-based climate protection within manufacturing industries, such as dematerialized products and energy efficiency gains. However, ICT also consume energy as well as resources, and detrimental effects on the environment are increasingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013463252