ABSTRACT

This research investigates why late-industrialised economies with sufficient technology capability face challenges in transitioning into industrial leaders in frontier technology sectors by examining the role of innovation actors in creating new institutions. Specifically, we investigate how industrial actors’ works to change the institution affect the performance of innovations. Data collected from the cases of Online Electric Vehicle, Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage System in Korea are analysed through the partial least squares structural equation modelling technique. The results suggest that while the institutional agency is constrained by control-based institutional works, it holds a significant negative effect on innovation performance. This provides an alternative perspective to literature that has emphasised the need for institutional experimentations to take place for innovations to succeed. The paper contributes to transition and institution studies by discussing possible repercussions of actors’ works to change the institution during the development and deployment of frontier technologies.

摘要

本研究通过考察创新行为者在创建新机构中的作用，调查为什么具有足够技术能力的后工业化经济体在转型为前沿技术领域的工业领导者时面临挑战。具体来说，我们调查了行业参与者改变制度的工作如何影响创新的绩效。通过偏最小二乘结构方程建模技术分析了从韩国在线电动汽车、燃料电池电动汽车和储能系统案例中收集的数据。结果表明，虽然制度机构受到基于控制的制度工作的约束，但它对创新绩效具有显着的负面影响。这为强调需要进行制度性实验以实现创新成功的文献提供了另一种观点。本文通过讨论参与者在前沿技术的开发和部署过程中改变制度的工作可能产生的影响，为转型和制度研究做出了贡献。