Welcome to the CSTEP Business Opportunity Identifier!


The CSTEP-driven business opportunity identifier provides a systematic approach for ecosystem stakeholders to conduct business opportunity analysis and evaluation.

This method includes four correlated steps:

  • Step 1: Identify the CSTEP dimensions of the business ecosystem
  • Step 2: Identify potential changes in the business ecosystem
  • Step 3: Identify future ecosystem trends and timeline
  • Step 4: Select business opportunities

Theories behind the CSTEP business opportunity identifier:

Ecosystem-driven business opportunity identification method and web-based tool with a case study of the electric vehicle home charging energy ecosystem in Denmark