Measuring the duration of formative phases for energy technologies

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Autor(a) principal: Bento, N.
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Wilson, C.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/12729
Resumo: Innovation processes during the early period of a technology’s development establish the conditions for widespread commercialization. For comparative analysis of innovation processes across technologies, a common operational definition of the formative phase is needed. This paper develops a set of indicators to measure the start and end points of formative phases with reference to key innovation processes including experimentation and market formation. The indicators are then applied to measure the formative phase durations of sixteen energy technologies covering a range of historical periods and applications. Formative phases are found to last 22 years on average. Determinants of formative phase duration are explored. Duration does not appear to be explained by unit scale, up-scaling, nor initial cost. However, technologies that are ready substitutes for incumbents have shorter formative phases, ceteris paribus. Policy implications include the potentials and risks of accelerating formative phases to push low carbon technologies into the market.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Measuring the duration of formative phases for energy technologies
title Measuring the duration of formative phases for energy technologies
spellingShingle Measuring the duration of formative phases for energy technologies
Bento, N.
Innovation systems
Diffusion
Formative phase
Indicators
Energy technologies
title_short Measuring the duration of formative phases for energy technologies
title_full Measuring the duration of formative phases for energy technologies
title_fullStr Measuring the duration of formative phases for energy technologies
title_full_unstemmed Measuring the duration of formative phases for energy technologies
title_sort Measuring the duration of formative phases for energy technologies
author Bento, N.
author_facet Bento, N.
Wilson, C.
author_role author
author2 Wilson, C.
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bento, N.
Wilson, C.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Innovation systems
Diffusion
Formative phase
Indicators
Energy technologies
topic Innovation systems
Diffusion
Formative phase
Indicators
Energy technologies
description Innovation processes during the early period of a technology’s development establish the conditions for widespread commercialization. For comparative analysis of innovation processes across technologies, a common operational definition of the formative phase is needed. This paper develops a set of indicators to measure the start and end points of formative phases with reference to key innovation processes including experimentation and market formation. The indicators are then applied to measure the formative phase durations of sixteen energy technologies covering a range of historical periods and applications. Formative phases are found to last 22 years on average. Determinants of formative phase duration are explored. Duration does not appear to be explained by unit scale, up-scaling, nor initial cost. However, technologies that are ready substitutes for incumbents have shorter formative phases, ceteris paribus. Policy implications include the potentials and risks of accelerating formative phases to push low carbon technologies into the market.
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