Driving the electric bandwagon: the dynamics of incumbents' sustainable innovation
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Resumo: | Given that entire industries face sustainability challenges, it is important to understand the dynamics that lead “firms-in-an-industry” to engage in sustainable product innovation. To provide more insight into the question of how innovation activities spread from individual firm action to an industry-wide engagement, this paper examines the automobile industry and the development of electric vehicles (EVs). The analysis covers automobile incumbents over a crucial decade for EV development in the industry, focusing on the different strategic motives that especially the so-called “first movers” used to justify their earlier engagement. We find that EVs became a core pillar of the incumbents' technology strategies through a combination of coercive, normative, and mimetic pressures. Yet, the strategic motives to engage in EVs stayed poles apart between different companies. The insights from our study are relevant for those interested in the diffusion of sustainable product innovation and in incumbent behaviour in sustainability transitions. |
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Driving the electric bandwagon: the dynamics of incumbents' sustainable innovationCarsElectric vehiclesEnvironmental policyMobilityProduct innovationGiven that entire industries face sustainability challenges, it is important to understand the dynamics that lead “firms-in-an-industry” to engage in sustainable product innovation. To provide more insight into the question of how innovation activities spread from individual firm action to an industry-wide engagement, this paper examines the automobile industry and the development of electric vehicles (EVs). The analysis covers automobile incumbents over a crucial decade for EV development in the industry, focusing on the different strategic motives that especially the so-called “first movers” used to justify their earlier engagement. We find that EVs became a core pillar of the incumbents' technology strategies through a combination of coercive, normative, and mimetic pressures. Yet, the strategic motives to engage in EVs stayed poles apart between different companies. The insights from our study are relevant for those interested in the diffusion of sustainable product innovation and in incumbent behaviour in sustainability transitions.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaBohnsack, RenéKolk, AnsPinkse, JonatanBidmon, Christina M.2021-03-18T15:21:29Z2020-02-012020-02-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/32268eng0964-473310.1002/bse.243085078074134000506127000001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-12T17:37:43Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/32268Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:26:02.759208Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Driving the electric bandwagon: the dynamics of incumbents' sustainable innovation |
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Driving the electric bandwagon: the dynamics of incumbents' sustainable innovation |
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Driving the electric bandwagon: the dynamics of incumbents' sustainable innovation Bohnsack, René Cars Electric vehicles Environmental policy Mobility Product innovation |
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Driving the electric bandwagon: the dynamics of incumbents' sustainable innovation |
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Driving the electric bandwagon: the dynamics of incumbents' sustainable innovation |
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Driving the electric bandwagon: the dynamics of incumbents' sustainable innovation |
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Driving the electric bandwagon: the dynamics of incumbents' sustainable innovation |
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Driving the electric bandwagon: the dynamics of incumbents' sustainable innovation |
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Bohnsack, René |
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Bohnsack, René Kolk, Ans Pinkse, Jonatan Bidmon, Christina M. |
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Kolk, Ans Pinkse, Jonatan Bidmon, Christina M. |
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Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
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Bohnsack, René Kolk, Ans Pinkse, Jonatan Bidmon, Christina M. |
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Cars Electric vehicles Environmental policy Mobility Product innovation |
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Cars Electric vehicles Environmental policy Mobility Product innovation |
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Given that entire industries face sustainability challenges, it is important to understand the dynamics that lead “firms-in-an-industry” to engage in sustainable product innovation. To provide more insight into the question of how innovation activities spread from individual firm action to an industry-wide engagement, this paper examines the automobile industry and the development of electric vehicles (EVs). The analysis covers automobile incumbents over a crucial decade for EV development in the industry, focusing on the different strategic motives that especially the so-called “first movers” used to justify their earlier engagement. We find that EVs became a core pillar of the incumbents' technology strategies through a combination of coercive, normative, and mimetic pressures. Yet, the strategic motives to engage in EVs stayed poles apart between different companies. The insights from our study are relevant for those interested in the diffusion of sustainable product innovation and in incumbent behaviour in sustainability transitions. |
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