Will the momentum of the electric car last? Testing an hypothesis on disruptive innovation
Marc Dijk,
Peter Wells and
Rene Kemp
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2016, vol. 105, issue C, 77-88
Abstract:
In this paper we study to what extent electric propulsion is disrupting ‘the order’ in the automotive industry with six extensions to Christensen's notion of disruptive innovation (1997). For decades the automotive sector has relied on the internal combustion engine (ICE) as the established propulsion technology, but due to environmental regulation and geo-political scarcity problems associated with fossil fuel use, electric propulsion is increasingly applied as sole or additional power source.
Keywords: Disruptive innovation; Transition; Product competition; Co-evolution; Automotive engine technology; Incumbents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.01.013
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