Challenges to business ecosystem alignment when implementing solar photovoltaic systems in the Swedish built environment

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Table 1. Elements of business ecosystem structure (Adner, 2017).

Activities	Actions undertaken for the value proposition to be created
Actors	Entities undertaking activities
Positions	Specified locations in the flow of activities across the system
Links	Transfers across positions; may or may not include the focal actor

Table 2. Details of workshops and interviews.

Actor group	Workshop/ interview duration (recorded minutes)	Number of participants	Abbreviated labels used for quotations
Architects	158	5	WS A
Client I	129	8	WS C
Client II	90	4	WS C
PV experts	105	7	WS PV exp
Grid owners	76	7	WS GO
Contractors	45	4	WS contr
PV suppliers (interviews)	190	5	I PV supp
Technical consultants	65	5	WS tech con
Electrical contractors (interviews)	136	4	I electr
All (verification workshop)	120	27	WS ver
Total	1 114	76

Figure 1. Implementation of a PV system in a construction project (see separate file).

Table 3. Overview of the challenges and their influence on the ecosystem elements.

Challenges	Actors	Activities	Positions	Links
Knowledge mislocation	Critical actors are involved late or not at all	Incorrect execution of activities	Activities are ad hoc and unorganized	Insufficient material and information exchange
Knowledge deficits	Opportunistic and inadequate actor involvement	Insufficient execution of activities
Embeddedness of BEPV	Inadequate involvement of critical actors	Insufficient execution of activities	Unorganized execution of activities	Lack of material and information exchange
Cultural discrepancies	Inadequate involvement of critical actors	Overlap of activities		Insufficient adaptation of information structure
Insufficient building codes		Insufficient execution of activities	Unorganized execution of activities	Insufficient material and information exchange
Frequently changing governmental regulations		Insufficient execution of activities		Insufficient material and information exchange

Adner, R. (2017). Ecosystem as structure. Journal of Management, 43(1), 39–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206316678451

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