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Marko P. Hekkert

Marko P. Hekkert

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Business and Management
Netherlands
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
77
Citations
30909
World Ranking
184
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Business and Management in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Marko P. Hekkert is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with notable contributions to subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Strategy and Management, Business and International Management, Marketing, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Forest Management and Policy

Among recent publications associated with or relevant to the research landscape around Marko P. Hekkert are:

  • "Mission-oriented innovation systems," 2020, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • "Circular futures: What Will They Look Like?", 2020, Ecological Economics
  • "The battle of the buzzwords: A comparative review of the circular economy and the sharing economy concepts," 2020, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • "Circular economy-induced global employment shifts in apparel value chains: Job reduction in apparel production activities, job growth in reuse and recycling activities," 2021, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • "Five mechanisms blocking the transition towards 'nature-inclusive' agriculture: A systemic analysis of Dutch dairy farming," 2021, Agricultural Systems

Marko P. Hekkert has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. These include:

  • Simona O. Negro (17 co-authored publications)
  • Joeri Wesseling (7 co-authored publications)
  • Remi Elzinga (7 co-authored publications)
  • Julian Kirchherr (5 co-authored publications)
  • Sanne Bours (5 co-authored publications)

The most frequent venues for publication in their research career include:

  • Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (14 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (7 publications)
  • Energy Research & Social Science (4 publications)
  • Journal of Cleaner Production (3 publications)
  • Science and Public Policy (3 publications)

Marko P. Hekkert has contributed to book publications as well, with work published by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. One title is noted:

  • "Disruptors: How Circular Start-ups Can Accelerate the Circular Economy Transition," published in 2020

Best Publications

  • Conceptualizing the circular economy: An analysis of 114 definitions

    Julian Kirchherr;Denise Reike;Marko Hekkert

  • Functions of innovation systems: A new approach for analysing technological change

    M.P. Hekkert;R.A.A. Suurs;Simona Negro;Stefan Kuhlmann

  • Barriers to the Circular Economy : Evidence From the European Union (EU)

    Julian Kirchherr;Laura Piscicelli;Ruben Bour;Ruben Bour;Erica Kostense-Smit

  • Circular Economy: Measuring Innovation in the Product Chain

    José Potting;M.P. Hekkert;E. Worrell;Aldert Hanemaaijer

  • Functions of innovation systems as a framework to understand sustainable technological change: Empirical evidence for earlier claims

    Marko P. Hekkert;Simona O. Negro

  • Systemic instruments for systemic innovation problems: A framework for policy makers and innovation scholars

    Anna J Anna Wieczorek;Anna J Anna Wieczorek;Marko P Hekkert

  • Technological innovation systems in contexts: conceptualizing contextual structures and interaction dynamics

    Anna Bergek;Marko Hekkert;Staffan Jacobsson;Jochen Markard

  • Why does renewable energy diffuse so slowly? A review of innovation system problems

    Simona O Negro;Floortje Floor Alkemade;Marko P Hekkert

  • Roles of Systemic Intermediaries in Transition Processes

    Harro van Lente;Marko Hekkert;Ruud Smits;Bas van Waveren

  • Explaining the failure of the Dutch innovation system for biomass digestion : A functional analysis

    Simona O. Negro;Marko P. Hekkert;Ruud E. Smits

  • The dynamics of sustainable innovation journeys

    Frank W. Geels;Marko P. Hekkert;Staffan Jacobsson

  • Networks and network resources in technological innovation systems: Towards a conceptual framework for system building

    Jörg Musiolik;Jochen Markard;Marko Hekkert

  • Cumulative causation in the formation of a technological innovation system: The case of biofuels in the Netherlands

    Roald A.A. Suurs;Marko P. Hekkert

  • Keeping sustainable innovation on a leash? Exploring incumbents’ institutional strategies

    Magda M. Smink;Marko P. Hekkert;Simona O. Negro

  • Functions in innovation systems: A framework for analysing energy system dynamics and identifying goals for system-building activities by entrepreneurs and policy makers

    Anna Bergek;Marko Hekkert;Staffan Jacobsson

  • A typology of circular start-ups: An Analysis of 128 circular business models

    Marvin Henry;Thomas Bauwens;Marko Hekkert;Julian Kirchherr

  • The technological innovation systems framework: Response to six criticisms

    Jochen Markard;Marko Hekkert;Staffan Jacobsson

  • A framework for mission-oriented innovation policy: Alternative pathways through the problem–solution space

    Iris Wanzenböck;Joeri H Wesseling;Koen Frenken;Marko P Hekkert

  • Mission-oriented innovation systems

    Marko P. Hekkert;Matthijs J. Janssen;Joeri H. Wesseling;Simona O. Negro

  • Natural gas as an alternative to crude oil in automotive fuel chains well-to-wheel analysis and transition strategy development

    Marko P. Hekkert;Franka H.J.F. Hendriks;Andre P.C. Faaij;Maarten L. Neelis

  • Exploring barriers to implementing different circular business models

    D.A. Vermunt;S.O. Negro;P.A. Verweij;D.V. Kuppens

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst Worrell
Ernst Worrell Utrecht University
Staffan Jacobsson
Staffan Jacobsson Chalmers University of Technology
Wim Turkenburg
Wim Turkenburg Utrecht University
Koen Frenken
Koen Frenken Utrecht University
Jochen Markard
Jochen Markard ETH Zurich
Huub Schellekens
Huub Schellekens Utrecht University
Hens Runhaar
Hens Runhaar Utrecht University
Bernhard Truffer
Bernhard Truffer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Peter P. Groenewegen
Peter P. Groenewegen Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
André Faaij
André Faaij Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

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