Integrating structural tensions into technological innovation systems analysis: Application to the case of transmission interconnections and renewable electricity in Nova Scotia, Canada

Haley, Brendan

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2018.04.004

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“…Ultimately, in line with Myrdal (1957), the TIS approach stresses positive or negative feedbacks with cumulative causation between the different innovation functions, with the prospect of leading to virtuous or vicious cycles (Bergek et al 2015;Haley 2018). While this function is conceptualized sometimes as positive external economies, others conceptualize those as cumulative dynamics between functions or as positive effects from context factors.…”

Section: Technology Innovation Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Different actors influence through certain actions, e.g., government actors through policies, interest groups through lobbying, or universities through researching different innovation functions. External economies are increasingly further specified as competing or neighboring TIS and sectors that enable or hinder a TIS development (Haley 2018). Following this general understanding, the following six innovation functions are conceptualized:…”

Section: Technology Innovation Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An initial example that emphasizes the knowledge creation and diffusion processes already shows that sectoral configurations are particularly important for technologies such as batteries (Stephan et al 2017). Haley (2018) re-introduces the notion of "structural tensions" as mismatches between an innovation and its wider sectoral system to deepen this approach.…”

Section: Technology Innovation Systems and Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Electricity infrastructure and innovation in the next phase of energy transition—amendments to the technology innovation system framework

Bettin

2020

Rev Evol Polit Econ

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A new phase of energy transition makes auxiliary technologies such as energy storage and other flexibility options more important. Economic policy that aims to steer this transition needs to grasp the complex system dynamics underlying energy and society. This conceptual article gives an overview of energy technology innovation theories that exemplify the growing importance of flexibility for electricity usage. First, the article presents different conceptualizations of technology innovation and diffusion. Second, how energy systems are embedded in physical infrastructures and social power relations is shown with a brief history of electricity in contemporary industrialized societies. Third, energy innovation is discussed in context of challenges of the upcoming energy transition. Fourth, energy technology innovations are further contextualized in light of insights from political economy and energy social sciences. Finally, the discussed approaches are synthesized to amend the holistic technology innovation system approach for studying energy technology innovations such as energy storage.

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Section: Technology Innovation Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Technology Innovation Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Technology Innovation Systems and Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Electricity infrastructure and innovation in the next phase of energy transition—amendments to the technology innovation system framework

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2020

Rev Evol Polit Econ

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“…Based on the results of their analysis, policy suggestions were presented to solve possible barriers among systemic functions. Haley [36] proposed an extended model using a validation case regarding renewable electricity in Canada that integrated TIS and structural tensions to understand how the evolution of a focal technology induces technological complementarities and creates a need to continuously re-design policy. These empirical analyses offer a basis to academic scholars who can use such TIS frameworks to study emerging innovative technologies and their sustainable development.…”

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“…In the real world, technological research and facilitation always needs powerful policy support and investment from enterprises and government sectors [28,50]. Thus, governments should conduct feasible IoT studies through associated agencies and institutions and provide incentives to firms and technological institutions to develop complementary technology [36]. For the functions belonging to the effect group, the creation of the legitimacy function (F 7 ) has the lowest r − c value (−0.107), which means the function is mainly influenced by others [53].…”

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Systemic Functions Evaluation based Technological Innovation System for the Sustainability of IoT in the Manufacturing Industry

2019

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Technological innovations are regarded as the tools that can stimulate economic growth and the sustainable development of technology. In recent years, as technologies based on the internet of things (IoT) have rapidly developed, a number of applications based on IoT innovations have emerged and have been widely adopted by various public and private sectors. Applications of IoT in the manufacturing industry, such as manufacturing intelligence, not only play a significant role in the enhancement of industrial competitiveness and sustainability, but also influence the diffusion of innovative applications that are based on IoT innovations. It is crucial for policy makers to understand these potential reasons for stimulating IoT industrial sustainability, as they can facilitate industrial competitiveness and technological innovations using supportive means, such as government procurement and financial incentives. Therefore, there is a need to ascertain different factors that may affect IoT industrial sustainability and further explore the relationship between these factors. However, finding a set of factors that affects IoT industrial sustainability is not easy. Recently, the robustness of a theoretical framework, termed the technological innovation system (TIS), has been verified and has been used to explore and analyze technological and industrial development. Thus, it is suitable for this research to use this theoretical model. In order to find out appropriate factors and accurately analyze the causality among factors that influence IoT industrial sustainability, this research presents a Bayesian rough Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) model based on TIS functions by integrating random forest (RF), decision making trial and evaluation (DEMATEL), Bayesian theory, and rough interval numbers. The proposed analytical framework is validated by an empirical case of defining the causality between TIS functions to enable the industrial sustainability of IoT in the Taiwanese smart manufacturing industry. Based on the empirical study results, the cause group consists of entrepreneurial activities, knowledge development, market formation, and resource mobilization. The effect group is composed of knowledge diffusion through networks’ guidance of the search, and creation of legitimacy. Moreover, the analytical results also provide several policy suggestions promoting IoT industrial sustainability that can serve as the basis for defining innovation policy tools for Taiwan and late coming economies.

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Determinants of a sustainable innovation system

2020

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This study seeks to identify and define the determinants of the sustainable innovation system (SIS). To achieve the objective, a qualitative approach was used through a systematic literature review using data from Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus. Two search equations were used to extract the data. In the first search equation, 69 documents were analyzed, and for the second, 102 documents were analyzed. Multiple definitions were found regarding SIS, it is worth highlighting in the findings the evolutionary process that these systems follow. As a contribution to the study, 79 determinants of an SIS are presented derived from the classic functions of an innovation system.

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Integrating structural tensions into technological innovation systems analysis: Application to the case of transmission interconnections and renewable electricity in Nova Scotia, Canada

Cited by 36 publications

References 38 publications

Electricity infrastructure and innovation in the next phase of energy transition—amendments to the technology innovation system framework

Electricity infrastructure and innovation in the next phase of energy transition—amendments to the technology innovation system framework

Systemic Functions Evaluation based Technological Innovation System for the Sustainability of IoT in the Manufacturing Industry

Determinants of a sustainable innovation system

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