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Peter Erskine Wells

Researcher at Cardiff University

Publications -  175
Citations -  4683

Peter Erskine Wells is an academic researcher from Cardiff University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Automotive industry & Business model. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 175 publications receiving 3739 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Erskine Wells include AmeriCorps VISTA & University of Technology, Sydney.

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An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an extensive review and an updated research agenda for the field, classified into nine main themes: understanding transitions; power, agency and politics; governing transitions; civil society, culture and social movements; businesses and industries; transitions in practice and everyday life; geography of transitions; ethical aspects; and methodologies.
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Socio-technical inertia: Understanding the barriers to electric vehicles

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate stakeholders' opinions on relevant regulation, infrastructure investment, R&D incentives, and consumer incentives for electric vehicles in two countries (UK and Germany) where the automobile industry has been historically significant.
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Business models and closed-loop supply chains: a typology

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors delineate typologies that capture the relationship between closed-loop supply chains and value-added business models, and suggest a research agenda for the transition to sustainable business.
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Can innovative business models overcome resistance to electric vehicles?: Better Place and battery electric cars in Denmark

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the geographical and policy context for an emergent business model from Better Place to deliver battery electric car mobility in Denmark, and argue that the combination of radically different technologies and a highly complex multi-agency operating environment theoretically provide the conditions and requirements for such an emerging business model.
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Transition failure: understanding continuity in the automotive industry

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that there is a powerful tendency in forecasting of socio-technical change to focus on the causes and consequences of change at the cost of greater understanding of the reasons for and significance of continuity.