How latecomers catch up to build an energy-saving industry: The case of the Chinese electric vehicle industry 1995–2018

This research identifies how windows of opportunity (WOP) emerge and influence the catching up process of the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) industry between 1995 and 2018 by analyzing technological, institutional, and market demand elements of the WOP. Our case study indicates that government polici...

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Published in:Energy policy Vol. 161; p. 112725
Main Authors: Xiong, Jie, Zhao, Shuyan, Meng, Yan, Xu, Lu, Kim, Seong-Young
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2022
Elsevier Science Ltd
Elsevier
Subjects:
Business administration
Case studies
Catching
Catching up
China
Electric vehicle industry
Electric vehicles
Electricity
Emerging market
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy policy
Feedback
Government
Humanities and Social Sciences
industry
Latecomers
Markets
Policy making
Public policy
supply balance
Windows of opportunity
China
Electric vehicle industry
Latecomers
Catching up
Emerging market
Windows of opportunity
China
ISSN:0301-4215, 1873-6777
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Summary:This research identifies how windows of opportunity (WOP) emerge and influence the catching up process of the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) industry between 1995 and 2018 by analyzing technological, institutional, and market demand elements of the WOP. Our case study indicates that government policies play a vital role. Along with the development of Chinese EV industry, government policies evolve from initiation to consolidation and finally reposition. Meanwhile, WOP emerge but diverge in their patterns; from institutional to technological and finally to the market demand WOP. Our study further elaborates the interplay of the above-mentioned three kinds of WOP, which provide feedback to the government authorities and work jointly to facilitate the catching up of Chinese EV industry. Based on the evidence of the Chinese EV industry, we continue the discussion of the emergence and interplays of WOP during the industrial catching up in latecomer countries like China, who is eager to build an energy-saving industry. Our case study provides a fine-grained analysis of policy evolution and its role in opening the different kinds of WOP, which eventually contribute to the successful catching up of a latecomer industry. It also offers new insights for policymakers when building a sustainable system. •The catching up of the Chinese EV industry is mainly led by governmental policies.•Governmental policies evolve from initiation to consolidation and finally to reposition.•Institutional, technological, and market demand windows of opportunity emerge and interact in industry catching up.•WOP show the critical features of heterogeneity and dynamics in the catching up process.
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ISSN:0301-4215
1873-6777
DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112725