Strategic responses to fuel cell hype and disappointment

By Kornelia Konrad, J. Markard, A. Ruef, Bernhard Truffer. 2012

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Informal institutions matter: Professional culture and the development of biogas technology (2013, background): “In the case of fuel cell technology, hyped expectations motivated hesitant actors to enter the field thus creating a momentum, which carried on the development of the field even though the earlier expectations did not materialize (Konrad et al., 2012; Ruef and Markard, 2010).”
Navigators through the storm: A review of organization theories and the behavior of incumbent firms during transitions (2017, background): “This results in an active search for successful novel technological niches (Kotha et al., 2011), that incumbents enter by imitating the firms that occupy them.”
The hype cycle model: A review and future directions (2016, background): “In the second paper, Konrad et al. (2012) investigate the strategic reactions of actors involved in the development of the stationary fuel cell innovation in German speaking countries to hype dynamics.”
Shaping selection environments for industrial catch-up and sustainability transitions: A systemic perspective on endogenizing windows of opportunity (2019, background): “Visions can be important at the organizational or collectively at the 392 societal level (van Lente et al., 2013; Konrad et al., 2012).”