Technology-push, demand-pull and spillover from the major market demand: The case of the United States wind power market

IF 10.1 1区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL ISSUES

Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-08-15 DOI:10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102684

{"title":"Technology-push, demand-pull and spillover from the major market demand: The case of the United States wind power market","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102684","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study aims to examine the technology-push and demand-pull hypotheses developed for a wind power industry. The wind power industry plays an important role in society as an emerging sustainable technology with strong social supports. Using patents as a proxy for a technology-push factor and the United States wind power net generation as a proxy for a demand-pull factor from 2001 to 2018, this study shows that the technology development in the major market (e.g., United States) drives its domestic market demand, whereas the domestic market demand in the major market does not drive its domestic technology development. However, the global technology development drives the major market demand and the major market demand drives the global technology development bilaterally. These results enable us to infer a spillover effect from the major market demand, indicating global players benefit from the major market demand largely created by social and government supports in major market. These findings highlight the implications for policy makers pursing both environmental and industrial policy goals and for firm managers attempting to enhance competitiveness in the wind power market.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Technology in Society","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160791X2400232X","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"SOCIAL ISSUES","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

This study aims to examine the technology-push and demand-pull hypotheses developed for a wind power industry. The wind power industry plays an important role in society as an emerging sustainable technology with strong social supports. Using patents as a proxy for a technology-push factor and the United States wind power net generation as a proxy for a demand-pull factor from 2001 to 2018, this study shows that the technology development in the major market (e.g., United States) drives its domestic market demand, whereas the domestic market demand in the major market does not drive its domestic technology development. However, the global technology development drives the major market demand and the major market demand drives the global technology development bilaterally. These results enable us to infer a spillover effect from the major market demand, indicating global players benefit from the major market demand largely created by social and government supports in major market. These findings highlight the implications for policy makers pursing both environmental and industrial policy goals and for firm managers attempting to enhance competitiveness in the wind power market.

查看原文本刊更多论文

主要市场需求的技术推动、需求拉动和溢出效应：美国风力发电市场案例

本研究旨在探讨风力发电行业的技术推动和需求拉动假设。风力发电产业作为一种新兴的可持续技术，在社会中发挥着重要作用，并得到社会的大力支持。本研究以专利作为技术推动因素的代表，以 2001 年至 2018 年美国风电净发电量作为需求拉动因素的代表，表明主要市场（如美国）的技术发展推动了其国内市场需求，而主要市场的国内市场需求并没有推动其国内技术发展。然而，全球技术发展推动了主要市场需求，而主要市场需求又推动了全球技术发展。这些结果使我们能够推断出主要市场需求的溢出效应，表明全球参与者在很大程度上受益于主要市场的社会和政府支持所创造的主要市场需求。这些发现凸显了对追求环境和产业政策目标的政策制定者以及试图提高风电市场竞争力的企业管理者的影响。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Technology in Society Multiple-

CiteScore

17.90

自引率

14.10%

发文量

316

审稿时长

60 days

期刊介绍： Technology in Society is a global journal dedicated to fostering discourse at the crossroads of technological change and the social, economic, business, and philosophical transformation of our world. The journal aims to provide scholarly contributions that empower decision-makers to thoughtfully and intentionally navigate the decisions shaping this dynamic landscape. A common thread across these fields is the role of technology in society, influencing economic, political, and cultural dynamics. Scholarly work in Technology in Society delves into the social forces shaping technological decisions and the societal choices regarding technology use. This encompasses scholarly and theoretical approaches (history and philosophy of science and technology, technology forecasting, economic growth, and policy, ethics), applied approaches (business innovation, technology management, legal and engineering), and developmental perspectives (technology transfer, technology assessment, and economic development). Detailed information about the journal's aims and scope on specific topics can be found in Technology in Society Briefings, accessible via our Special Issues and Article Collections.