4.3 Article

Catch-up dynamics in early industry lifecycle stages-a typology and comparative case studies in four clean-tech industries

Journal

INDUSTRIAL AND CORPORATE CHANGE
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 1257-1275

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtaa020

Keywords

-

Funding

  1. Aalborg University [771107]
  2. China Scholarship Council
  3. University of Hull
  4. Italy's Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea
  5. Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship

Ask authors/readers for more resources

The literature on catch-up cycles has not yet systematically conceptualized how catch-up dynamics differ between the various industries that are emerging in the green techno-economic paradigm. We address this gap by connecting catch-up cycle theory with an industry typology from global innovation systems (GISs) literature, which distinguishes four generic industry types with footloose, spatially sticky, market-, and production-anchored innovation system characteristics. Catch-up patterns in early industry lifecycle stages are expected to systematically differ between these four industry types. This assumption is explored based on a comparative case study of the solar photovoltaics, wind power, solar water heaters, and membrane bioreactors industries, each of which exemplifies one of the four generic GIS configurations. We find that the speed and disruptiveness of early leadership changes differ significantly between the four industries, and that the effectiveness of capability upgrading strategies and catching-up policies are contingent on the innovation and valuation characteristics of each industry's underlying GIS type.Y

Authors

I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.

Reviews

Primary Rating

4.3
Not enough ratings

Secondary Ratings

Novelty
-
Significance
-
Scientific rigor
-
Rate this paper

Recommended

No Data Available
No Data Available