Innovation at the middle of the pyramid: State policy, market segmentation, and the Chinese automotive sector

Thun, Eric

doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2018.02.007

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“…[4] Although official policy favors state-owned enterprises (Garnaut et al, 2012), private domestic firms have also entered China's auto industry with varying degrees of success. Chinese private firms such as Chery (founded in 1999) and BYD Auto (founded in 2003) have grown to dominate the passenger car market at the low end, while foreign brands lead the higher tiers (Thun, 2018). In recent years, foreign brands have also made gains at the low end by localizing their supply sources and initiating or expanding local R&D.…”

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China and the Reshaping of the Auto Industry: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective

Teece

2019

Manag. Organ. Rev.

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Chinese firms are grappling with the four paradigm shifts around electric, connected, shared, and autonomous vehicles that are roiling the rest of the global auto industry. This article, which follows my earlier MOR article about the auto industry (Teece, 2018a), looks briefly at the development of capabilities in these fields by Chinese firms. It then analyzes the prospects for Chinese firms to use them to gain a stronger foothold in the global market, and for multinationals to continue to prosper in China. The paradigm shifts are creating new entry points for Chinese firms to capture value in the industry, and some potential global contenders have demonstrated solid dynamic capabilities in electric vehicles (Geely), shared vehicles (Didi Chuxing), and autonomous vehicles (Baidu). However, multinationals are also moving forward in the same fields and have strong complementary assets such as respected brands and well-honed dynamic capabilities.

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China and the Reshaping of the Auto Industry: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective

Teece

2019

Manag. Organ. Rev.

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“…Therefore, firms should establish international R&D departments to transfer knowledge of customers' needs to the industry (Konrad & Wangler, 2018). The industrialization of R&D activities (i.e., dividing activities into small tasks and developing an assembly line approach) and parallel processing (i.e., allowing sequential steps to happen simultaneously) can be beneficial in the field of FI (Thun, 2018).…”

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“…and parallel processing (i.e., allowing sequential steps to happen simultaneously) can be beneficial in the field of FI (Thun, 2018).…”

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Frugal innovation enablers, critical success factors and barriers: A systematic review

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This study aims to develop a model for the enablers, critical success factors (CSF) and barriers to frugal innovation (FI). A systematic literature review (SLR) conducted on 372 documentaries of five databases and semistructured interviews conducted with active industrial and academic experts in the innovation field. Then, factors obtained from SLR and interviews placed in two questionnaires with Likert spectrum and the questionnaires were submitted to 200 convenient samples to determine the importance of factors and then ranked through the Friedman test. Based on the findings, ‘optimization of energy consumption in industries, collaborating with local companies, management supports, paying attention to the needs of the local market and reducing the profit margin’ are among the enablers and CSFs of FI. ‘Lack of business acumen among local partners, senior management reluctances, challenging in R&D, challenges of prototyping in product development and currency fluctuations’ are among the barriers of FI.

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“…Currently, the BoP concept has been used to understand and analyse the role of poorer consumers in supply chains in different sectors (Mahapatra, William, and Padhy 2019;Zomorrodi et al 2019). Its relationship with other concepts with a social focus has also been studied, such as social entrepreneurship (Coronado, Palma, and Redondo 2018;Véliz, Pérez, and Cercado 2018), creation of shared value (Dembek, York, and Singh 2018), or innovation (Hall et al 2012;Hall, Matos, and Martin 2014;Shannon et al 2019;Thun 2018) and other (see Table 1).…”

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Institutional Factors That Affect Inclusive Businesses: The Case of Banana Cooperatives in the Magdalena Region (Colombia)

Maestre-Matos

Lombana

Mesías

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International Journal of Rural Management

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Inclusive business as a model at the base of the pyramid is a relatively recent unit of study in academic literature. From the institutional perspective, businesses are affected by norms, processes, rules of moral and ethical behaviour, which have not been studied for the base of the pyramid in inclusive businesses, much less in agricultural cooperatives. The objective of this research is to identify institutional factors that can affect agribusiness inclusive models. In this research, agricultural cooperatives of banana production in the province of Magdalena, Colombia, are the unit of analysis to identify institutional factors. The method of review of institutional factors is the multiple cases (six banana cooperatives) with a simple unit using inductive analysis. The results show that institutional factors—both formal (certifications, quality standards, social responsibility policies and economic incentives) and informal (cooperation, improvement of quality of life, generation of social capital)—promote the development of inclusive businesses in cooperatives of the base of the pyramid. The research is a first step to show its potential replication in other agricultural industries and even in other economic sectors.

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Innovation at the middle of the pyramid: State policy, market segmentation, and the Chinese automotive sector

Cited by 39 publications

References 33 publications

China and the Reshaping of the Auto Industry: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective

China and the Reshaping of the Auto Industry: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective

Frugal innovation enablers, critical success factors and barriers: A systematic review

Institutional Factors That Affect Inclusive Businesses: The Case of Banana Cooperatives in the Magdalena Region (Colombia)

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