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Expecting The Unexpected: Disruptive Technological Change Processes And The Electric Vehicle

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  • ROMANO DYERSON

    (School of Management, Royal Holloway College, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom)

  • ALAN PILKINGTON

    (School of Management, Royal Holloway College, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom)

Abstract

Here we explore the role of possible disruptive technologies in the US automobile sector and the reaction of established firms to that threat. More specifically, US regulators have signalled a shift towards zero emission vehicles; threatening the hegemony of the high emission car built using conventional technology. This presents an opportunity to study the effect of regulation in shaping knowledge flows, an area somewhat neglected by innovation studies especially with regard to meeting environmental concerns. To do so, we use patent citations to explore knowledge flows in the development of the electric vehicle. Our analysis suggests that the strategic responses of the US incumbent firms have displayed a sophisticated short and long-term reaction.

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  • Romano Dyerson & Alan Pilkington, 2004. "Expecting The Unexpected: Disruptive Technological Change Processes And The Electric Vehicle," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 1(02), pages 165-183.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:01:y:2004:i:02:n:s0219877004000131
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877004000131
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    1. Anirban Ganguly & Naveen Das & John V. Farr, 2017. "The Role of Marketing Strategies in Successful Disruptive Technologies," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 14(03), pages 1-20, June.
    2. Bergek, Anna & Berggren, Christian & Magnusson, Thomas & Hobday, Michael, 2013. "Technological discontinuities and the challenge for incumbent firms: Destruction, disruption or creative accumulation?," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(6), pages 1210-1224.

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