Abstract
What are the socio-technical processes leading to a dominant design? The processes leading from two competing designs for light personal self-propelled transportation vehicles to one dominant design shortly after the turn of the 19th. century has not before been studied with a socio-technical theory and its associated mapping technique. The social-technical analysis adds to prior research on dominant design by explicitly equally considering both social and technical aspects and provide a method to map and analyze the processes for two competing designs. Prior research has stressed the importance of high market shares for defining a wining dominating design, but despite the electric vehicle’s higher market share in the years 1899-1900 it was surpassed by the internal combustion vehicle. The socio-technical analysis departs from a narrative based on historical accounts on the competition between the electric vehicle and the internal combustion vehicle from late 1890 - until 1909. The analysis shows that the electric vehicle did not successfully attract new allies or overcome resistance from anti-programs to the same degree as the internal combustion vehicle. Findings suggest that some of the issues with few allies and anti-programs that emerged already during the late 1890'ties is still active in today's market and haunts the electric vehicle.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Publikationsdato | 2017 |
Antal sider | 39 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2017 |
Begivenhed | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2017: At the Interface - Georgia, Atlanta, USA Varighed: 4 aug. 2017 → 8 aug. 2017 Konferencens nummer: 77 http://aom.org/annualmeeting/ http://aom.org/annualmeeting/ |
Konference
Konference | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2017 |
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Nummer | 77 |
Lokation | Georgia |
Land/Område | USA |
By | Atlanta |
Periode | 04/08/2017 → 08/08/2017 |
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Emneord
- Dominant design
- Scio-technical graph analysis
- Electric vehicle
- Internal combustion vehicle
- Automobile
- Car