Does the Development of Alternative Energy Technologies Allow for New Forms of Coopetition?

• Authors: Ante Galich , Lutz Marz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article at hand illustrates how new types of coopetition emerge in the transformation of large technical systems. It builds on the latest literature on coopetition and highlights diverse institutional arrangements for coopetition, their effects on the actual innovation and the potential benefits for the firms involved. In contrast to many incremental innovations, the transformation of large technical systems requires the cooperation of many diverse actors as various resources are needed. This does not only open up the opportunity of new private-private or public-private cooperations but also brings about various new forms of commonly performed practices.

Keywords

EN

hydrogen and fuel cells; coopetition

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 50-58

Dates

published

2012-03-01

online

2012-04-03

Contributors

author

Ante Galich

• Faculty of Languages and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education, Université du Luxembourg, Route de Diekirch (B.P.2), L-7201 Walferdange, Luxembourg

author

Lutz Marz

• Social Science Research Center Berlin, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin, Germany

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10051-012-0006-4