Why the oil companies lost solar

Energy Policy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-60

  Miller, Damian ^a  

^a INFOSYS India Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Multinational corporations; Oil; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; NEW ENERGY INDUSTRIES; OIL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

INNOVATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

INDUSTRY;

ENERGY MARKET; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OIL; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84880326743     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.043     Document Type: Article

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