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Author-Name: Mohamed Souka
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Author-Name: Daniel Böger
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel
Author-X-Name-Last: Böger
Author-Name: Reinhold Decker
Author-X-Name-First: Reinhold
Author-X-Name-Last: Decker
Author-Name: Christian Stummer
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Author-X-Name-Last: Stummer
Author-Name: Alisa Wiemann
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Author-X-Name-Last: Wiemann
Title: Is more automation always better? An empirical study of customers' willingness to use autonomous vehicle functions
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Sometime, many (maybe all) vehicles on our streets will drive autonomously - or at least have autonomous functions. However, in the short run, consumers' preferences regarding the automation of pivotal vehicle functions are not entirely clear. This paper accordingly investigates consumers' willingness to use three levels of automation (none, partial, and full) of potentially autonomous vehicle functions (safety, parking prediction, and remote diagnostics). The results show that consumers' willingness to use autonomous vehicle functions is generally the highest for moderately autonomous functions and that the willingness to use these functions decreases above a certain level of autonomy. This paper also finds that this effect is moderated by gender and depends on individual involvement level with respect to autonomous vehicle functions, that is, highly involved consumers are more likely to appreciate autonomous vehicle functions compared with low-involved consumers.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 1-24
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: autonomous vehicles; autonomous vehicle functions; choice-based conjoint analysis; consumer preferences; involvement; level of automation; safety; parking prediction; remote diagnostics; willingness to use; WTU.
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Author-Name: Joachim Wölfel
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Author-Name: Pan Theo Grosse-Ruyken
Author-X-Name-First: Pan Theo
Author-X-Name-Last: Grosse-Ruyken
Title: Pie sharing and pie expansion in buyer-supplier new product development partnerships
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Firms seek new product development (NPD) partnerships to achieve competitive advantage by pooling interorganisational resources. Although such collaborations may expand the partnership's total value pie, sharing the pie often results in poisonous win-lose rivalry amongst partners. This study investigates how automotive suppliers may gain competitive advantage and increase their financial stake within NPD partnerships with OEMs. We analyse sources of pie expansion from a resource-based view (RBV) perspective and the mediating role of fairness in pie sharing. As NPD partnerships also induce dependencies between collaborating firms, we extend the RBV with arguments from resource dependence theory (RDT). We test our predictions on a sample of 147 NPD partnerships between tier-1 suppliers and OEMs. Our findings suggest that fairness in pie sharing significantly mediates pie expansion. Moreover, NPD partnerships enable suppliers to increase OEMs' dependency on their firm, which mediates suppliers' competitive advantage, resulting in a more equitable division of the value pie.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 25-49
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: pie sharing; pie expansion; fairness; new product development; NPD; buyer-supplier partnerships; automotive industry; resource-based view; RBV; resource dependence theory; RDT; competitive advantage; financial distribution.
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Author-Name: Greig Mordue
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Title: Shifting patterns in the application of industrial policy
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The practice of industrial policy in economically advanced jurisdictions is examined, focusing on the post 2000 period. Building from literature and cases from the Canadian automotive industry, the paper demonstrates how actors engaged in the application of industrial policy in economically advanced, high labour cost jurisdictions have responded to shifting pressures and opportunities. Explanation is provided for how those changes have caused objectives to broaden from a focus on manufacturing to industrial R%D. While vertical industrial policy tools endure, the transition has prompted increased emphasis on horizontal industrial policy instruments. The cases also demonstrate that a shift has occurred from externally-generated projects towards internal, organic forms of development, a change that has elevated the primacy of internal, corporate champions in firm level investment attraction.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 50-75
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: industrial policy; automotive; Canada; research and development; R%D; Toyota; General Motors.
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Author-Name: Artemio Chávez
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Author-Name: Arturo Lara
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Author-X-Name-Last: Lara
Title: The diversity of agents and patent thicket evolution in electric vehicles
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The evolution of the inventive process in electric vehicles has been increasingly complex and thus the probability of patent thicket too. However, patent agents (individual inventors, companies, non-practicing entities and alliances) are not homogeneous in interests and abilities. Based on information from the Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in the period 1976-2012, it is described: 1) the growing complexity in the inventive activity of electric vehicles; 2) the characteristics and evolution in the inventive activity of agents; 3) the relation with patent thickets. It is shown that the evolution of patent thickets (from low to high complexity) is associated to the evolution of technological knowledge as well as the evolution of the agents.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 76-107
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: patent thicket; diversity of agents; complexity; electric vehicles; intellectual property; anticommons; patent networks.
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Author-Name: Amy Wong
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Author-Name: Peter Rinderer
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Author-X-Name-Last: Rinderer
Title: Customer perceptions of shared autonomous vehicle usage: an empirical study
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Changes in demographics and mobility behaviour such as the increasing participation in shared economies and the evolving trend of autonomous driving has accelerated the move towards autonomous mobility services. Coupled with the changing needs, perceptions and behaviours of customers, it is crucial that automobile manufacturers and mobility service providers deliver excellent customer service and build long-term customer relationships. This study examined customer perceptions of technology availability, internet connectivity, safety, reliability, service provider attributes and their relationships with customer perceived value and customer purchase intentions in mobility services. Data was collected from 206 respondents via an online survey. The findings showed that the best predictor of customer perceived value is technology availability, while the best predictor of purchase intentions is service provider attributes. The findings provide important insights for automobile manufacturers and mobility service providers. Further discussion and implications are provided.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 108-129
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: customer perceived value; purchase intentions; shared autonomous vehicles.
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Author-Name: Takefumi Mokudai
Author-X-Name-First: Takefumi
Author-X-Name-Last: Mokudai
Title: Strategic flexibility in shifting to electrification: a real options reasoning perspective on Toyota and Nissan
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This paper addresses commitment versus flexibility in the face of uncertainties about the electrification of vehicle powertrain technologies. A real options reasoning perspective is employed to analyse the potential option structures and underlying logic behind the strategies of Toyota and Nissan. The case analyses indicate that the Japanese carmakers have (compound) options to expand their electrified powertrain portfolios and switch battery sources. The findings also suggest that the stability of powertrain design rules serves as a foundation of real options and that carmakers' approaches to balancing the commitment to, and flexibility for, particular strategic actions are influenced by the nature of the uncertainties. Further, firms' perceptional and behavioural biases over uncertainties will affect the execution or abandonment of the options.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 137-155
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: powertrain electrification; hybrid electric vehicles; plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; battery electric vehicles; fuel cell electric vehicles; real options reasoning; commitment; flexibility; uncertainties; design rules; option abandonment; Toyota; Nissan.
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Author-Name: Bruno Jetin
Author-X-Name-First: Bruno
Author-X-Name-Last: Jetin
Title: Who will control the electric vehicle market?
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The second automobile revolution, the age of electrification and digitalisation, is on its way. It is a gradual transition and not a sudden break. However, millions of electric vehicles (EVs) are now being sold, and the EV market is becoming a mass market propelled by economies of scale. It is reflected in the drop in the cost of batteries which will bring the price of EVs on a par with the price of conventional vehicles in the coming decade. Nonetheless, two interrelated issues have been underestimated and will now decide who will play a dominant role and benefit the most from the EV market. The first is the relative scarcity of raw materials from which batteries are made. The second is that the primary EV market is China which gives its companies a strategic advantage for the supply of critical metals and the large-scale production of batteries. Our research analyses the fundamental role of natural resources for the control of the EV market and the response of governments to ensure access to them. We show the importance of industrial and diplomatic policies in a context of geostrategic rivalries of large powers.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 156-177
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: electric vehicle; battery electric vehicle; BEV; lithium-ion battery; LIB; materials; battery makers; carmakers.
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Author-Name: Tomasz Olejniczak
Author-X-Name-First: Tomasz
Author-X-Name-Last: Olejniczak
Author-Name: Milosz Miszczynski
Author-X-Name-First: Milosz
Author-X-Name-Last: Miszczynski
Author-Name: Masato Itohisa
Author-X-Name-First: Masato
Author-X-Name-Last: Itohisa
Title: Between closure and Industry 4.0: strategies of Japanese automotive manufacturers in Central and Eastern Europe in reaction to labour market changes
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Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has been an important production base for the international automotive industry, attracting foreign direct investments from European, American, and Japanese car manufacturers. However, after almost three decades of transformation, local changes such as rapidly rising wages and decreasing unemployment have forced investors to re-consider their original plans. This article identifies a range of strategies employed by Japanese automakers in order to cope with the challenges of labour markets in CEE. In our study, we learn that investments that have primarily been motivated by lowering costs were forced to close down, while the remaining ones developed a variety of strategies for securing, retaining, and upskilling of employees. The discussion section in this paper focuses on the future perspective of the industry in the region, considering the high-road and low-road labour models as well as the influence of the Industry 4.0.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 196-214
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: automotive industry; Japanese subsidiaries; Eastern Europe; employment; labour relations; hybridisation.
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Author-Name: Guendalina Anzolin
Author-X-Name-First: Guendalina
Author-X-Name-Last: Anzolin
Author-Name: Antonio Andreoni
Author-X-Name-First: Antonio
Author-X-Name-Last: Andreoni
Author-Name: Antonello Zanfei
Author-X-Name-First: Antonello
Author-X-Name-Last: Zanfei
Title: Robot adoption and FDI driven transformation in the automotive industry
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This paper explores the relationship between inward foreign direct investments and the adoption of industrial robots, across different segments of the automotive value chain. Using the International Federation of Robotics and FDI Market datasets at a fine level of disaggregation of the automotive sector, we investigate the extent to which FDIs are related to the operational stock of industrial robots in 34 countries over the period 2005-2014. We find distinct patterns linking FDIs and robot adoption for different groups of countries and for different segments of the automotive value chain, that, is assembling and components production. With some relevant exceptions, FDIs are found to be highly correlated with robot adoption in the assembling segment across major leading countries. However, this correlation becomes weak for components production. To explain this differential role of FDIs in robot adoption, we formulate hypotheses around the country-specific drivers of robotisation for the components segment by pointing to the role of domestic ecosystems of suppliers and industrial policy as drivers of technology absorption and diffusion.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 215-237
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: automotive; industrial policy; fourth industrial revolution; industrial robots; global value chains; foreign direct investments.
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Author-Name: Michaël Fernandez
Author-X-Name-First: Michaël
Author-X-Name-Last: Fernandez
Title: The deployment of fuel cell electric vehicles in Japan: revolution or transition?
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This paper aims to discuss the revolutionary character of integrating hydrogen into the transport and mobility sectors. While the fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) often appears as a disruptive technological application, its deployment seems to rely on the ability of supporting policies to initiate a course of transition. To study this issue, the paper focuses on the Japanese program, its goals and hindrances. Examining some theoretical approaches, it attempts to analyse different potential drawbacks linked to the disruptive nature of FCEVs and then to study how overcome these obstacles.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 178-195
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: Japan; hydrogen society; fuel cell electric vehicle; FCEV; hydrogen; disruptive innovation; evolutive innovation; eternally emerging technology.
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Author-Name: Alex Covarrubias Valdenebro
Author-X-Name-First: Alex Covarrubias
Author-X-Name-Last: Valdenebro
Title: Mexican competitive advantage in NAFTA: a case of social dumping? A view from the automotive industry
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In the midst of the NAFTA renegotiations, the Mexican Automotive Industry (MAI) has drawn much attention. Gaining a progressive share of markets, jobs and portfolio investments within the region and accounting for the entire US trade deficit, the MAI is one of the most critical pieces in the way of a new NAFTA. In addition, the US President, Donald Trump, has criticised it as an example of the shortcomings of the old agreement. These facts call for a better assessment of the MAI's sources of competitive advantage. This paper builds on business cycle theories and socio-economic perspectives of market embedded institutions to provide an additional lens with which to study the MAI and NAFTA. It presents theory and evidence to demonstrate that the MAI position rests on social dumping policies that underpin illegitimate sources of competitive advantage. It then discusses the issues at stake in the current NAFTA renegotiations.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 239-257
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: NAFTA; automotive industry; labour; social dumping; renegotiations; Trump administration.
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Author-Name: Arturo Lara
Author-X-Name-First: Arturo
Author-X-Name-Last: Lara
Author-Name: Artemio Chávez
Author-X-Name-First: Artemio
Author-X-Name-Last: Chávez
Author-Name: Guadalupe Jaimes
Author-X-Name-First: Guadalupe
Author-X-Name-Last: Jaimes
Title: Recombination and complexity: the case of automobile
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From the theory of complex systems (Arthur, 2009), this paper aims to: 1) analyse technological change from the perspective of the phenomena exploited by the acceleration system; 2) explain how - through structural deepening and recombination - a simple system becomes into a complex one; 3) recognise the importance of rules and strategies used by agents in order to produce new technologies; 4) study the problem of unintentional acceleration of Toyota Camry-2005.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 258-274
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: automobile; technology; complexity; recombination; acceleration.
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Author-Name: Roman J. Schindlbeck
Author-X-Name-First: Roman J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Schindlbeck
Author-Name: Julian M. Müller
Author-X-Name-First: Julian M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Müller
Author-Name: Andreas O. Störmer
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas O.
Author-X-Name-Last: Störmer
Title: Unified requirements for suppliers' production sites of high voltage electric and electronic components - a case study from BMW
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This paper investigates the supplier relationship management (SRM) of BMW in the sector of electromobility and considers the special requirements and standards in high voltage components of the electric and electronic (E-E) industry. Two research questions associated with the standards of the E-E industry and SRM are examined by applying a case study approach. Six plant audits and expert interviews were conducted. The results of this paper support the conclusion that competitive advantage and product quality depend decisively on the relationship of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to an external provider. In addition, the implementation of quality and production standards requires the support of the management and a knowledge management system that leads to a high exchange of information. The resulting recommendations for action are useful for quality managers to further strengthen the continuous improvement process of SRM and production plants in the E-E industry.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 275-296
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: supplier relationship management; SRM; automotive industry; electromobility; electric and electronic industry; quality standards.
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Author-Name: Christoph Buck
Author-X-Name-First: Christoph
Author-X-Name-Last: Buck
Author-Name: Riccardo Reith
Author-X-Name-First: Riccardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Reith
Title: Privacy on the road? Evaluating German consumers' intention to use connected cars
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Cars are developing into networked systems and digital entities. In order to improve service quality, enable new value propositions, and achieve a better driving experience, connected cars increasingly utilise the data and devices of their occupants. This situation is completely new for consumers, as cars have not been viewed as data collecting devices of highly personal information so far. These novel developments raise the question whether consumers realise and are concerned about the disclosure of sensitive personal data while using connected cars. Research in the field of privacy indicates that consumers value their privacy and that privacy concerns induce privacy behaviour. Therefore, this study aims to empirically validate a research model which considers privacy concerns as a crucial construct in predicting the intention to use connected cars. The results of our investigation enhance the understanding of consumers' privacy concerns in connected cars and will help car manufacturers to adequately address these issues within their market strategy.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 297-318
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: connected cars; privacy concerns; privacy calculus; consumer acceptance; acceptance model; automotive; digitalisation; mobility automotive platforms; digital services.
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Author-Name: Marta Rodríguez-De La Fuente
Author-X-Name-First: Marta Rodríguez-De La
Author-X-Name-Last: Fuente
Author-Name: Jesús F. Lampón
Author-X-Name-First: Jesús F.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lampón
Title: Regional upgrading within the automobile industry global value chain: the role of the domestic firms and institutions
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Under the global value chain (GVC) approach, a geographical model can be defined based on added value and knowledge content of production activities, and technology generation of regions. An original comparative analysis of two regions with different statuses in different automobile geographical production systems is used to identify the relevant elements in regional upgrading. The size, the position on the first level of the value chain, the decision-making power in the distribution and coordination of production activities and the capacity for technological innovation of domestic firms are key. The impact of institutions in regional upgrading also depends on the performance of their innovation infrastructures and public policy for the development of domestic firms.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 319-340
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: global value chain; GVC; regional upgrading; automobile industry; domestic firms; institutions.
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Author-Name: Florian Knobbe
Author-X-Name-First: Florian
Author-X-Name-Last: Knobbe
Author-Name: Heike Proff
Author-X-Name-First: Heike
Author-X-Name-Last: Proff
Title: Dynamic capabilities in the automotive industry under digitalisation - a quantitative study in the automotive supplier industry
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Digitalisation affects companies at all firm levels: it enables digital processes, digital products/services and digital business models and therefore also complete new digital value systems, and leads to long-term discontinuous change, particularly in the capital-intensive automotive industry. Dealing with changes demands the dynamic capabilities of sensing, seizing and reconfiguring operational capabilities and changing business activities. In times of long-term discontinuous changes under digitalisation, different patterns of (more or less discontinuous and comprehensive) activation of dynamic capabilities and their utilisation for changes in operational capabilities and business activities can be determined. A quantitative study at German automotive suppliers shows that companies fall into five distinct patterns of activating and utilising dynamic capabilities under digitalisation and that this results in distinct leverage points in the business activities.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 436-456
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: dynamic capabilities; digitalisation; (dis)continuity; digital value system; automotive suppliers.
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Author-Name: Christoph Hüls
Author-X-Name-First: Christoph
Author-X-Name-Last: Hüls
Author-Name: Christian Thies
Author-X-Name-First: Christian
Author-X-Name-Last: Thies
Author-Name: Karsten Kieckhäfer
Author-X-Name-First: Karsten
Author-X-Name-Last: Kieckhäfer
Author-Name: Thomas S. Spengler
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Spengler
Title: Limiting CO2 fleet emissions in the automotive industry - a portfolio planning approach
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In this article, a novel portfolio planning approach as a means to limit CO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> fleet emissions in the automotive industry is presented. This research is motivated by several factors challenging product portfolio planning in times of structural changes. Besides ever stricter CO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> legislation, dynamics and uncertainties related to the transformation towards electric mobility need to be considered when deciding on the future range of vehicles to be offered on the market. These portfolio decisions are of particular importance due to long life cycles, long development times and high product-specific investments of vehicle projects. This approach supports the definition of vehicle projects and cycle plans on an aggregation level in line with industry-specific planning requirements and allows for the consideration of temporal dynamics and uncertainties to handle structural changes. To this end, illustrative cycle plans are generated and evaluated based on financial and environmental criteria considering different scenarios of market development.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 349-368
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: product portfolio planning; product portfolio transformation; alternative powertrains; CO2 fleet emissions; emission reduction; battery electric vehicles; BEVs; fuel cell electric vehicles; FCEVs.
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Author-Name: Jan-Gerrit Grotenhermen
Author-X-Name-First: Jan-Gerrit
Author-X-Name-Last: Grotenhermen
Author-Name: Sven-Olaf Gerdt
Author-X-Name-First: Sven-Olaf
Author-X-Name-Last: Gerdt
Author-Name: Gerhard Schewe
Author-X-Name-First: Gerhard
Author-X-Name-Last: Schewe
Title: Comparing customer perceptions of potential autonomous vehicle manufacturers: an analysis of the relationship between corporate reputation and intention to use
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The introduction of autonomous vehicles has the potential to change the world of mobility. As they can be understood as 'really new products', customers cannot evaluate their technical characteristics yet. Instead, customers' perceptions of competing companies might be an important determinant of acceptance. Hence, in this study, we examine the role of corporate reputation, precisely character and capability reputation, as well as adverse events to understand what drives customers' intention to use autonomous vehicles beyond traditional technology acceptance factors. We highlight differences between three groups of potential manufacturers. Our results indicate that corporate reputation is an important prerequisite for customers' acceptance. Furthermore, adverse events negatively affect reputation. Regarding the different groups, we find that mobility start-ups benefit from an overall positive evaluation, whereas consumers are less confident towards traditional automotive manufacturers. The study enhances the understanding of customer intentions in automotive management research and expands the literature on corporate reputation.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 408-435
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: autonomous driving; customer acceptance; usage intention; corporate reputation; automotive manufacturer; manufacturer reputation; adverse events.
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Author-Name: Lucas A. Müller
Author-X-Name-First: Lucas A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Müller
Author-Name: Michael Stephan
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Stephan
Title: To separate or to integrate? The normative effect of national culture on organisational ambidexterity of automotive OEMs in transition towards electric mobility
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The automotive industry is undergoing a disruptive change towards a new era of electric mobility. This transition is characterised by the critical management challenge of organising and balancing traditional businesses and new venture lines, a phenomenon described as organisational ambidexterity. We investigate how OEMs with different cultural backgrounds handle this challenge. Our suggestion is that national culture plays a crucial role in the firms' organisational implementation of explorative and exploitative work since cultural values affect managerial behaviour and the choice of organisational designs. Based on an in-depth longitudinal analysis of eleven car manufacturers from six nations, this work scrutinises the implementation of different ambidexterity forms and contextualises the results with Hofstede's work on cultural dimensions. Our findings indicate that structural separation of explorative and exploitative behaviour occurs in organisations rooted in long-term oriented, collectivistic and uncertainty avoiding cultures. Integrative forms of ambidexterity are prevalent in organisations rooted in short-term orientated, individualistic and uncertainty accepting cultures.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 457-482
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: international management; organisational ambidexterity; organisational design; intercultural management; electric mobility; automotive management.
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Author-Name: Guy Fournier
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Author-Name: Adrian Boos
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Author-Name: Ralf Wörner
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Author-Name: Ines Jaroudi
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Author-Name: Inna Morozova
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Author-Name: Eliane Horschutz Nemoto
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Title: Substituting individual mobility by mobility on demand using autonomous vehicles - a sustainable assessment simulation of Berlin and Stuttgart
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Our current mobility paradigm increasingly faces economic, ecological, and social limits in urban areas. The aim of this paper is to analyse if a fleet of shared autonomous electric vehicles (AEVs) can meet these challenges while satisfying the current requirements of privately-owned internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). Therefore, analytical models have been developed to simulate and investigate the impacts of mobility behaviour in Berlin and Stuttgart (Germany). The collected data were used to calculate the fleet size, the energy consumption, the emission of particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and the carbon footprint of different shared AEVs in comparison with privately owned ICEVs. The approach shows that the system of a shared AEV fleet could lower externalities (accident avoidance, traffic jams, free spaces, parking costs and lifetime losses) in cities and generate cost benefits for customers.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 369-407
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2020
Keywords: sustainable mobility; urban mobility; future mobility; low carbon economy; electric vehicles; autonomous vehicles; powertrain; sharing economy; mobility service; servitisation; frugal innovation.
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