Title: Collaboration across vertical boundaries: lessons learned from the US DOE's SPI programme

Authors: Paul Olk, Bruce Merrifield, William M. Evan

Addresses: Graduate School of Management, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717, USA. ' Department of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. ' Department of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Abstract: The US Department of Energy has launched three vertically-integrated alliances to promote the development of high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) energy products. These alliances, part of the Superconductivity Partnership Initiative (SPI) programme, are novel to the US in that they integrate R&D, manufacturing and marketing. Each SPI arrangement focuses on a specific HTS-related product (fault current limiter, generator and motor, respectively) with assistance from DOE laboratories. These arrangements present unique challenges to managers and offer insights into collaboration and commercialization of publicly-developed energy technology.

Keywords: high temperature superconductivity; HTS electric power products; Superconductivity Partnership Initiative; SPI programme; US Department of Energy; USA; United States; collaboration; commercialiation; energy technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.1997.063318

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 1997 Vol.9 No.1/2, pp.1-7

Published online: 10 Jul 2014 *

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