“Pathways to Scaling Green Tech: Leveraging Investment, Experience, and Ecosystems”

Call for Papers – Special Issue: “Pathways to Scaling Green Tech: Leveraging Investment, Experience, and Ecosystems”

Journal: Technovation
Publisher: Elsevier
Submission deadline: 15 May 2026

Overview

This special issue—published by Elsevier—aims to investigate the complex mechanisms required to scale "green deep tech" ventures. Unlike digital-first startups, green tech firms face extreme capital intensity, regulatory hurdles, and long development horizons. This collection seeks to identify the drivers of successful scaling, exploring how investment strategies, organizational experience, and supportive innovation ecosystems—such as science parks, accelerators, and corporate partnerships—can accelerate the global transition to sustainable technologies.

Key Research Themes

• Investment & Financing: Criteria used by investors for green tech funding, mechanisms to close funding gaps, and the role of blended/impact-driven finance in de-risking ventures.

• Scaling Dynamics: Analyzing the barriers and enablers of growth, including the influence of business model innovation, market timing, openness, and policy instruments on scaling success.

• Organizational Adaptation: How ventures structure R&D, learn from failure, and refine organizational design to maintain performance during periods of rapid growth.

• Ecosystem & Intermediary Support: The role of universities, science parks, incubators, and corporate partners in facilitating scaling and providing access to specialized resources.

• Sectoral & Supply Chain Integration: How specific industry structures, supply chain requirements, and complementary innovation needs shape the scaling pathways for green deep tech.

Submission Details

• Submission window: 01 December 2025 – 15 May 2026.

• Submission portal: https://www2.cloud.editorialmanager.com/technovation/default2.aspx

• Special Instructions: You must select the article type “VSI: Scaling Green Tech” during submission. Authors are also encouraged to participate in an optional online workshop in January 2026 (requires an extended abstract submission by 01 November 2025).

• Submission Standards: The journal invites conceptual, qualitative, and quantitative research. Manuscripts must adhere to the Technovation Guide for Authors.

Guest Editor Team

• Maria Theresa Norn (Corresponding Editor), Technical University of Denmark (tnorn@dtu.dk)

• Jason Li-Ying, Technical University of Denmark

• Francesco Rosati, Technical University of Denmark

• Jonathan Wareham, ESADE Business & Law Schools

• Krzysztof Dembek, Swinburne University of Technology

Why This Issue Matters

Green tech is essential for meeting climate goals, yet the gap between innovation and deployment remains significant. This special issue—published by Elsevier—offers a vital academic and practical platform to synthesize what makes green deep tech ventures succeed, providing the actionable insights needed to de-risk and accelerate the deployment of sustainable solutions at scale.

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