Thesis
An exploration of the drivers and indicators of emergence in the offshore wind power industry
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- Awarding institution
- University of Strathclyde
- Date of award
- 2020
- Thesis identifier
- T16085
- Person Identifier (Local)
- 201053635
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- Abstract
- The emergence of new industries is a rare but critical part of the development and growth of anyeconomy. Successive governments have attempted to nurture the development of specific newindustries with mixed success – some industries emerge only to disappear after a short time.There is a substantial body of literature which looks at specific aspects of the phenomenon ofindustry emergence from within the evolutionary economics and business management domains.This body of knowledge is focused on mass-manufacturing industry and constrained by a post-hocnature of empirical studies to date.This is the first research to study an industry during its emergence and in doing so addresses alimitation of the existing research identified by authors in the field. The selected industry, OffshoreWind Power, is a complex product system industry thereby helping to extend the existingknowledge base from its previous mass-manufacture focus. This research seeks to address theapplicability of mass manufacture focussed research to a complex product system industry, and togain additional insights through observing emergence ‘as it happens’.The research is therefore exploratory in nature and is guided by the existing literature on drivers andindicators of emergence. The research shows that certain indicators of emergence (e.g. dominantdesign, accelerating sales growth) are not applicable in this industry and that some drivers andindicators are linked in causal loops – e.g. growth and legitimacy.This research uses a ‘systems lens’ to synthesise an understanding of how the various single factorspreviously researched interact. This systems approach leads to a proposed framework for industryinteraction to promote both emergence and viability. This framework is tested against a recentcounter case of a complex product system industry that has not reached emergence and the utility ofthe framework demonstrated.
- Advisor / supervisor
- Bititci, Umit S.
- Corney, Jonathan
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