Inter-sectoral relations to accelerate the formation of technological innovation systems. Determinants of actors  entry into marine renewable energy technologies

Bento, Nuno; Fontes, Margarida; Barbosa, Juliana

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Inter-sectoral relations to accelerate the formation of technological innovation systems. Determinants of actors entry into marine renewable energy technologies

2021-09Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Bento, Nuno
dc.contributor.author	Fontes, Margarida
dc.contributor.author	Barbosa, Juliana
dc.date.accessioned	2021-12-13T11:13:32Z
dc.date.available	2021-12-13T11:13:32Z
dc.date.issued	2021-09
dc.date.updated	2021-12-02T12:08:02Z
dc.description.abstract	ABSTRACT: Decarbonizing the energy system requires new technologies, whose formation and diffusion needs the attraction of actors from different sectors to compose the value chain. Sectoral interactions are crucial and dependent on contextual and technological factors, as well as firm-specific characteristics. This paper examines the determinants of firm diversification towards a new technology and their role in sectoral interactions. We combine concepts from technological innovation systems (TIS), sectoral innovation systems and organization studies to examine the drivers of actors' entry as well as their impact on systems' formation, through the effect on intersectoral relations associated with technological variety and relatedness. The development and demonstration of marine renewable energy technologies (MRET) in Portugal over the past two decades provides the empirical case. A database of 237 companies includes responses from a survey of a large part of the actors involved in MRET and potential entrants. A standard binary logit model estimates the effect of a set of drivers of firms' entry in MRET. Firms are more driven by variety-led factors and technology maturity, than by their technological capacity and sectoral proximity. We derive implications for policy and theory, namely for the conceptualization of inter-sectoral relations in TIS.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Bento, Nuno... [et.al.] - Inter-sectoral relations to accelerate the formation of technological innovation systems: Determinants of actors' entry into marine renewable energy technologies. In: Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 2021, Vol. 173, article nº 121136	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121136	pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn	1873-5509
dc.identifier.issn	0040-1625
dc.identifier.slug	cv-prod-2578071
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/3626
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Elsevier	pt_PT
dc.relation	PTDC/GESOUT/30559/2017	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121136	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Energy technologies	pt_PT
dc.subject	Technological innovation systems	pt_PT
dc.subject	Renewable energies	pt_PT
dc.subject	Offshore wind energy	pt_PT
dc.subject	Sustainability transition	pt_PT
dc.title	Inter-sectoral relations to accelerate the formation of technological innovation systems. Determinants of actors entry into marine renewable energy technologies	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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person.givenName	Nuno
person.givenName	Maria Margarida
person.givenName	Juliana Pacheco
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