Contracting for Energy Efficiency: The Diffusion of Novel Contracting Practices at Local Government Level

Sarah M.L. Krøtel

Local Government Studies, 2015, vol. 41, issue 5, 794-813

Abstract: Studies on contracting out have provided much needed knowledge about the effect of contracting on different types of services, yet much remains unknown about the antecedents driving the adoption of new contracting practices. The focus of previous studies that have addressed the antecedents of contracting has been on the financial benefit of specific services. This study incorporates the innovation diffusion literature to explore organisational and managerial influences on a novel contracting practice: the contracting out of energy efficiency improvement services in Danish municipalities. The paper finds that the antecedents driving the adoption of contracting out may result from inter-organisational influences as much as managerial factors.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2015.1030070

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