Organizing the Dutch Energy Transition

Hans van Kranenburg is Full Professor of Strategic Management in particular Corporate Strategy at Radboud University, the Netherlands. He is the head of Business Administration and an expert in market and nonmarket strategic behavior of organizations, stakeholder management, industry dynamics, alliances, and media management and economics. Sjors Witjes is Associate Professor of Organisational Sustainability and Circularity at Radboud University, the Netherlands and president of the International Sustainable Development Research Society. Sjors has actively been part of corporate sustainability and innovation processes resulting in research and education that supports organizations to reflect on their contribution to a more sustainable society.

Chapter 1 - Sharing different perspectives on organizing the Dutch energy transition

Hans van Kranenburg and Sjors Witjes

Chapter 2: Navigating the phase out and phase in of the Dutch energy transition: Focusing events, framing contests, and policy instruments

Ivo Beenakker, Linda Carton, Hans van Kranenburg, and Sietske Veenman

Chapter 3: The coming-of-age of energy regions: Reconstructing the formation and stabilization of the Regional Energy Strategy as an instrument for the spatial planning of on-land renewable energy in the Netherlands

Martijn Gerritsen

Chapter 4: Homeowners’ policy resistance in the energy transition

Lodewijk Emmen and Merel van der Wal

Chapter 5: Mismatches in just energy transitions: A comparative analysis of policy and citizens' future narratives

Sietske Veenman, Maria Kaufmann, Simone Haarbosch, and Ismay Kieskamp

Chapter 6: Fairness! The key to the communities’ acceptance of wind farms?

Gerrit Willem Ziggers

Chapter 7: The power of alignment: Conceptualizing strategy-identity alignment in Dutch energy companies

Stephanie Koornneef and Stefan Breet

Chapter 8: The energy transition as a social phenomenon: A case study within network operator TenneT

Henk Ruiter, Robert Ross, Ed Vosselman, and Koos Wagensveld

Chapter 9: Getting organized in the Dutch energy transition; dynamic capabilities enabling shaping up for a changing context

Arjan Pouw and Ruben Mosink

Chapter 10: What it takes to simultaneously create value for multiple stakeholders: Stakeholder orientation and stakeholder-oriented capabilities

Vincent de Gooyert, Etiënne A.J.A. Rouwette, Hans van Kranenburg, R. Edward Freeman, and Harry van Breen

Chapter 11: Transformational ability of energy network companies: The role of intra-organizational boundary spanners

Hans van Kranenburg, Sjors Witjes, and Larissa Shnayder

Chapter 12: The need for a multi-strategy approach

Pallas Agterberg

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