Thinking about industry decline: A qualitative meta-analysis and future research directions

Lamberg, Juha‐Antti; Ojala, Jari; Peltoniemi, Mirva

doi:10.1080/00076791.2017.1340943

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“…On the contrary, many scholars have studied industry decline, see e.g. Lamberg et al (2017) for a review.…”

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“…So what policy perspective should we take with regard to a mature or declining TIS? Should a TIS performance assessment then follow the intention of making the TIS strong again and to maintain or improve the focal technology -a perspective often taken in the literature on industry decline (Lamberg et al, 2017)? Or should the assessment be guided by the goal of accelerating decline, and give way for emerging and possibly more sustainable alternatives (Kivimaa and Kern, 2016)?…”

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“…In the transitions literature, only few studies have focused on decline so far (Johnstone and Hielscher, 2017;Rosenbloom, in press;Stegmaier et al, 2014;Turnheim and Geels, 2012). And while there are many studies on industry decline more generally (Lamberg et al, 2017), they typically apply a regional focus, i.e. they study the decline of a particular industry in a particular region or country.…”

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The life cycle of technological innovation systems

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2020

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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The technological innovation systems framework is one of the key approaches in sustainability transition studies. However, scholars have so far mostly concentrated on the early stages of technology development and we know rather little about mature, or even declining TIS. Building on earlier insights from the industry and technology life cycle literatures, this paper introduces the key elements of a TIS life cycle framework and distinguishes between four key stages of TIS development: formation, growth, maturity and decline. An ideal TIS life cycle representation is suggested and three empirical examples of long-term TIS development and decline are discussed. It is argued that adopting a TIS life cycle perspective not only opens up important new issues for TIS studies but will also be essential for sustainability transition studies as it directs attention to technology decline and the role of public policies therein.

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“…On the contrary, many scholars have studied industry decline, see e.g. Lamberg et al (2017) for a review.…”

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The life cycle of technological innovation systems

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“…This is because most of these studies has tended to focus on the emergence and diffusion of niche technologies (Markard, 2018). Relatively few studies have focused on the decline of incumbent technologies (see, for example, Lamberg et al, 2018;Turnheim and Geels, 2012). Of these, most have focused on the decline of a specific incumbent technology (for example, coal) with limited recognition of multi-technology interaction (for example, interaction between gas and coal) (Sanden and Hillman, 2011).…”

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Explaining the slow progress of coal phase-out: The case of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Region

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Prompted by the urgency of climate change, this paper analyses the impediments for coal phase-out, by using the Greater Bay Region in China as a case study. Rather than factors specific to coal production, transport and consumption (e.g., subsidies, and vested interests), as suggested by existing literature, the analysis of this paper demonstrates that coal phase-out in the region has encountered a range of market (e.g., high gas price), infrastructure (such as, inadequate network), and regulatory (e.g., prolonged project approval) impediments; these impediments have hindered the effective deployment of alternative energy sources, raising concern about coal phase-out and its crippling impacts on the security of energy supply.Redressing these impediments is therefore a key priority for promoting a smooth coal phaseout in the region. This requires a mix of policies addressing two dimensions: 1) those aimed at squeezing out coal from the energy-mix to create room for alternative low-carbon energy sources; and 2) those aimed at supporting the uptake of these sources. Implementing these policies is however a challenging task as it relies on close-centre-local, and inter-and intraregional cooperation, especially in a resource-poor region with a disperse energy endowment.Achieving this is difficult because the energy policy process of the country has long been characterised by fragmented authority and territorial administrative divisions with a proclivity for local governments to work in isolation from each other.

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“…Step 3: Analytical procedures My analytical reading of the corpus was guided by standard coding techniques of qualitative research, which is appropriate for reviewing a body of mostly fragmented texts (Lamberg, Ojala, & Peltoniemi, 2017). I started to read and analyse the corpus by an initial set of attributes, such as research object(s), geographical foci, research periods, methods, level of analysis, and used theories, whereas other categories emerged at later stages of my investigation.…”

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