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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
Jonathan Köhler,Frank W. Geels,Florian Kern,Jochen Markard,Anna J. Wieczorek,Floortje Alkemade,Flor Avelino,Anna Bergek,Frank Boons,Lea Fünfschilling,David J. Hess,Georg Holtz,Sampsa Hyysalo,Kirsten Jenkins,Paula Kivimaa,Mari Martiskainen,Andrew McMeekin,Marie Susan Mühlemeier,Björn Nykvist,Elsie Onsongo,Bonno Pel,Rob Raven,Harald Rohracher,Björn A. Sandén,Johan Schot,Benjamin K. Sovacool,Bruno Turnheim,Daniel Welch,Peter Erskine Wells +28 more
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
Peter Erskine Wells,M. A. Seitz +1 more
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.