Studying strategic choices of carmakers in the development of energy storage solutions: A patent analysis

Marina Flamand
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Marina Flamand: GREThA - Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The present study focuses on the strategic choices that automakers make when positioning themselves vis-à-vis new energy storage solutions. This entails a comparison of innovation efforts in this area. Towards that end, the study uses a classic indicator of inventive activities, to wit, patents. In order to minimise the well-known bias associated with analyses of this nature, an original method has been developed, one that consists of filtering patent data in such a way as to exclude those patents that are less relevant to the present object of study. Analysis of 13 automakers highlights their: 1) uneven involvement in developing these technologies; 2) distinct positioning on technological value chain; 3) variable interest in different energy storage technologies (fuel cell, lithium, NiMh), with the most widespread ones not necessarily being those that attract the most involvement.

Keywords: Automobile manufacture; Automobiles; Battery; Carmaker; Chains; Digital storage; Energy storage; Energy storage solution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 2016, 16 (2), pp.169-192. ⟨10.1504/IJATM.2016.079229⟩

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DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2016.079229

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