THE ELECTRIC CAR INDUSTRY UNDER PATH DEPENDENCY AND THE LOCK-IN EFFECT

Electric vehicles and their environmental impact have become topics of increased interest in contemporary days, as innovative technologies developed and influenced the automobile industry. There is constant competition between gasoline and electric vehicles, the latter one trying to gain market shar...

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Main Authors:	Țicău Iulia Ruxandra, Hadad Shahrazad
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Research Publishing SRL 2021-05-01
Series:	Junior Scientific Researcher
Subjects:	electric cars lock-in effect network effect path-dependency sustainability technology
Online Access:	https://www.jsrpublishing.com/userfiles/files/archive_pages/111/Article_Hadad0Ticau_JSR_Journal_Vol._VII.No.1_2021.pdf

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spelling	doaj-476c12bdf7a643639226a40d861607182021-06-14T11:56:39ZengResearch Publishing SRLJunior Scientific Researcher2458-03412458-03412021-05-017119THE ELECTRIC CAR INDUSTRY UNDER PATH DEPENDENCY AND THE LOCK-IN EFFECTȚicău Iulia Ruxandra0Hadad Shahrazad1The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, UNESCO Department for Business Administration, RomaniaThe Bucharest University of Economic Studies, UNESCO Department for Business Administration, RomaniaElectric vehicles and their environmental impact have become topics of increased interest in contemporary days, as innovative technologies developed and influenced the automobile industry. There is constant competition between gasoline and electric vehicles, the latter one trying to gain market share and change people’s perception about what eco-transportation means and the benefits it can bring. The presented paper recognizes the phenomenon of path dependency and lock-in effect that the automobile industry faces as a result of the dominance of gasolinebased cars and illustrates the pressures executed by these forces. The paper aims at bringing valuable solutions for approaching these issues, by bringing under attention relevant concepts such as skeuomorphs and the network effect. For tackling the topic proposed, the research adopts an illustrative case study technique, that offers a detailed and complex outline of the issues considered in relation to the electric vehicle industry.https://www.jsrpublishing.com/userfiles/files/archive_pages/111/Article_Hadad0Ticau_JSR_Journal_Vol._VII.No.1_2021.pdfelectric carslock-in effectnetwork effectpath-dependencysustainabilitytechnology
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title	THE ELECTRIC CAR INDUSTRY UNDER PATH DEPENDENCY AND THE LOCK-IN EFFECT
title_short	THE ELECTRIC CAR INDUSTRY UNDER PATH DEPENDENCY AND THE LOCK-IN EFFECT
title_full	THE ELECTRIC CAR INDUSTRY UNDER PATH DEPENDENCY AND THE LOCK-IN EFFECT
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publisher	Research Publishing SRL
series	Junior Scientific Researcher
issn	2458-0341 2458-0341
publishDate	2021-05-01
description	Electric vehicles and their environmental impact have become topics of increased interest in contemporary days, as innovative technologies developed and influenced the automobile industry. There is constant competition between gasoline and electric vehicles, the latter one trying to gain market share and change people’s perception about what eco-transportation means and the benefits it can bring. The presented paper recognizes the phenomenon of path dependency and lock-in effect that the automobile industry faces as a result of the dominance of gasolinebased cars and illustrates the pressures executed by these forces. The paper aims at bringing valuable solutions for approaching these issues, by bringing under attention relevant concepts such as skeuomorphs and the network effect. For tackling the topic proposed, the research adopts an illustrative case study technique, that offers a detailed and complex outline of the issues considered in relation to the electric vehicle industry.
topic	electric cars lock-in effect network effect path-dependency sustainability technology
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