The legend about sailing ship effects – Is it true or false? The example of cleaner propulsion technologies diffusion in the automotive industry

Sick, N; Nienaber, AM; Liesenkötter, B; vom Stein, N; Schewe, G; Leker, J

The legend about sailing ship effects – Is it true or false? The example of cleaner propulsion technologies diffusion in the automotive industry

Sick, N

Nienaber, AM Liesenkötter, B vom Stein, N Schewe, G Leker, J

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016, 137, pp. 405-413
Issue Date:: 2016-11-20

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dc.contributor.author	Sick, N https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0713-6918
dc.contributor.author	Nienaber, AM
dc.contributor.author	Liesenkötter, B
dc.contributor.author	vom Stein, N
dc.contributor.author	Schewe, G
dc.contributor.author	Leker, J
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-07T03:58:52Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-07T03:58:52Z
dc.date.issued	2016-11-20
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016, 137, pp. 405-413
dc.identifier.issn	0959-6526
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/158711
dc.description.abstract	The global automotive industry is faced with major technological change in the field of propulsion systems. Due to low carbon emission regulations and a rising societal demand for sustainability, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are forced to innovate either in the conventional technology or in the technological alternatives such as electric drives or fuel cells. However, OEMs are only marginally switching to electromobility so far, but rather incrementally innovating traditional technologies. This behaviour can be described as sailing ship effect which contains the reaction of an old technology to a new technology by fostering innovation in the old technology. Firstly, the present study contributes to the discussion in literature on the sailing ship effect by combining its underlying ideas and consequences with the rationales of path dependence to demonstrate that such a behaviour may be individually economical rational. Based on these considerations, we respond to the call for further empirical investigation of the sailing ship effect. We show patent-based evidence that there has been a temporary sailing ship effect in the automotive industry concerning traditional and emerging propulsion systems and discuss implications for corporate technology strategy and policy.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Cleaner Production
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.085
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	0907 Environmental Engineering, 0910 Manufacturing Engineering, 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences
dc.title	The legend about sailing ship effects – Is it true or false? The example of cleaner propulsion technologies diffusion in the automotive industry
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	137
utslib.for	0907 Environmental Engineering
utslib.for	0910 Manufacturing Engineering
utslib.for	0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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dc.date.updated	2022-07-07T03:58:51Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	137

Abstract:

The global automotive industry is faced with major technological change in the field of propulsion systems. Due to low carbon emission regulations and a rising societal demand for sustainability, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are forced to innovate either in the conventional technology or in the technological alternatives such as electric drives or fuel cells. However, OEMs are only marginally switching to electromobility so far, but rather incrementally innovating traditional technologies. This behaviour can be described as sailing ship effect which contains the reaction of an old technology to a new technology by fostering innovation in the old technology. Firstly, the present study contributes to the discussion in literature on the sailing ship effect by combining its underlying ideas and consequences with the rationales of path dependence to demonstrate that such a behaviour may be individually economical rational. Based on these considerations, we respond to the call for further empirical investigation of the sailing ship effect. We show patent-based evidence that there has been a temporary sailing ship effect in the automotive industry concerning traditional and emerging propulsion systems and discuss implications for corporate technology strategy and policy.

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