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Volker H. Hoffmann

Volker H. Hoffmann

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
41
Citations
9758
World Ranking
4937
National Ranking
40

Overview

Volker H. Hoffmann is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and focuses their research primarily within the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Building and Construction, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist has contributed to the understanding of topics related to Climate Change Policy and Economics, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, and Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting.

Recent publications by Hoffmann include the following papers:

  • Systematic assessment of the achieved emission reductions of carbon crediting projects, 2024, Nature Communications
  • How incumbents realize disruptive circular innovation - Overcoming the innovator's dilemma for a circular economy, 2022, Business Strategy and the Environment
  • MANGOret: An optimization framework for the long-term investment planning of building multi-energy system and envelope retrofits, 2022, Applied Energy
  • Beyond innovation and deployment: Modeling the impact of technology-push and demand-pull policies in Germany's solar policy mix, 2022, Research Policy
  • How deployment policies affect innovation in complementary technologies-evidence from the German energy transition, 2020, Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Hoffmann frequently publishes in journals such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Applied Energy, iScience, Business Strategy and the Environment, and Nature Communications, with multiple publications in SSRN Electronic Journal and Applied Energy.

The scientist collaborates regularly with a range of co-authors, including Christof Knoeri, Ivalin Petkov, Georgios Mavromatidis, Laura Díaz Anadón, and Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez.

Best Publications

  • Challenges and solution technologies for the integration of variable renewable energy sources—a review

    Simon Robert Sinsel;Rhea L. Riemke;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • The economic viability of battery storage for residential solar photovoltaic systems - A review and a simulation model

    Joern Hoppmann;Joern Hoppmann;Jonas Volland;Tobias S. Schmidt;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • How Hot Is Your Bottom Line? Linking Carbon and Financial Performance:

    Timo Busch;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • The impact of technology-push and demand-pull policies on technical change – Does the locus of policies matter?

    Michael Peters;Malte Schneider;Tobias Griesshaber;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • A review and probabilistic model of lifecycle costs of stationary batteries in multiple applications

    Benedikt Battke;Tobias S. Schmidt;David Grosspietsch;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • Mitigating climate change – how do corporate strategies differ?

    Georg Weinhofer;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • The innovation impact of the EU Emission Trading System — Findings of company case studies in the German power sector

    Karoline S. Rogge;Malte Schneider;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • Under the Tip of the Iceberg: Absorptive Capacity, Environmental Strategy, and Competitive Advantage:

    Magali Delmas;Volker H. Hoffmann;Matthias Kuss

  • Corporate Carbon Performance Indicators

    Volker H. Hoffmann;Timo Busch

  • Technology life-cycles in the energy sector — Technological characteristics and the role of deployment for innovation

    Joern Huenteler;Joern Huenteler;Tobias S. Schmidt;Tobias S. Schmidt;Jan Ossenbrink;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • The two faces of market support—How deployment policies affect technological exploration and exploitation in the solar photovoltaic industry

    Joern Hoppmann;Michael Peters;Malte Schneider;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • EU ETS and Investment Decisions:: The Case of the German Electricity Industry

    Volker H. Hoffmann

  • Understanding the CDM's contribution to technology transfer

    Malte Schneider;Andreas Holzer;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • The effects of climate policy on the rate and direction of innovation: a survey of the EU ETS and the electricity sector

    Tobias S. Schmidt;Malte Schneider;Karoline S. Rogge;Martin J.A. Schuetz

  • Emerging carbon constraints for corporate risk management

    Timo Busch;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • Determinants of corporate adaptation to climate change in winter tourism: An econometric analysis

    Volker H. Hoffmann;David C. Sprengel;Andreas Ziegler;Matthias Kolb

  • The impact of the EU ETS on the sectoral innovation system for power generation technologies – Findings for Germany

    Karoline S. Rogge;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • Disclosed corporate responses to climate change and stock performance: An international empirical analysis

    Andreas Ziegler;Andreas Ziegler;Timo Busch;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • Regulatory Uncertainty: A Reason to Postpone Investments? Not Necessarily

    Volker H. Hoffmann;Thomas Trautmann;Jens Hamprecht

  • On the Nature of Corporate Sustainability

    Johannes Meuer;Julian Koelbel;Volker H. Hoffmann

  • The sectoral configuration of technological innovation systems: Patterns of knowledge development and diffusion in the lithium-ion battery technology in Japan

    Annegret Stephan;Tobias S. Schmidt;Catharina R. Bening;Volker H. Hoffmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Ziegler
Andreas Ziegler University of Kassel
Jochen Markard
Jochen Markard ETH Zurich
Elmar Heinzle
Elmar Heinzle Saarland University

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