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@ARTICLE{Ball:838209,
      author       = {Ball, Christopher and Kittler, Markus},
      title        = {{R}emoving environmental market failure through support
                      mechanisms: insights from green start-ups in the {B}ritish,
                      {F}rench and {G}erman energy sectors},
      journal      = {Small business economics},
      volume       = {52},
      issn         = {1573-0913},
      address      = {Dordrecht [u.a.]},
      publisher    = {Springer Science + Business Media B.V.},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2017-06871},
      pages        = {831–844},
      year         = {2019},
      abstract     = {Environmentally relevant market failure, relatedto the lack
                      of value attached to environmentallybeneficial economic
                      activity, constrains environmentalentrepreneurship as
                      reported by Dean and McMullen(Journal of Business Venturing,
                      22, 50–76, 2007) .Unless this market failure is addressed,
                      green start-upswill be confined to a Bgreen $prison^$ as
                      stated in Pachecoet al. (Sustainable Development and
                      Entrepreneurship,25, 464–480, 2010), unable to grow and
                      disseminatetheir eco-innovations out with environmental
                      nichemarkets.In Britain, France and Germany, support
                      mechanismspromote the expansion of renewable power
                      technologies.This paper examines environmental
                      entrepreneurs’perceptions of the importance and
                      effectivenessof supportmechanisms in removing environmental
                      marketfailure in the energy sectors of these three
                      countries.Our findings suggest that these support mechanisms
                      areperceived by entrepreneurs as having provided a
                      crucialpecuniary motivation among consumers to adopt
                      ecoinnovation,creating greater market certainty for
                      greenstart-ups. However, when these support mechanisms
                      arereformed, aiming at greater market integration for
                      ecoinnovation,green start-ups find this transition from
                      protectionto more market exposure as challenging andmore
                      suited for incumbent firms.},
      cin          = {IEK-STE},
      ddc          = {330},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-STE-20101013},
      pnm          = {153 - Assessment of Energy Systems – Addressing Issues of
                      Energy Efficiency and Energy Security (POF3-153)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-153},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      UT           = {WOS:000462033600005},
      doi          = {10.1007/s11187-017-9937-8},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/838209},
}