日時：
２０２５年４月９日（水）１７：３０～１９：００
論題：
“Unlocking Generality: Resurfacing Uncertainty Across Applications of the Lithium-ion Battery”
講演者：
David A. Kirsch
(Associate Professor at the Robert H. Smith School of Business and the College of Information Studies (by courtesy) at the University of Maryland)
要旨：
Studies of industry emergence have often generated insights from empirical contexts with a one-to-one correspondence between a technology and its application. In parallel, studies of general-purpose technologies (GPTs) have documented the economic impact and versatility of technologies with broad downstream applications, although these studies often abstract away from the endogenous and gradual process through which a single technology underpins multiple downstream markets, in practice assuming that “generality” is an intrinsic, ex ante observable attribute of a given technology. To address the research gap at this intersection, this study leverages the applicability of lithium-ion batteries in multiple applications: consumer electronics, electric vehicles, space missions, and utility grids. Using a longitudinal, multi-level, single-case analysis, this study proposes a conceptual framework about the impediments to the diffusion of a single technology to multiple applications, including application-specific uncertainties that resurface in each application, and their system-wide implications for commercial viability at each technology-application nexus. The conclusion considers the circumstances under which these impediments and associated investments may generalize to other “potential” GPTs.
言語：英語
開催場所：
※対面開催
一橋大学イノベーション研究センター２階・第２ IIRラボ
(Room #219)
幹事：
軽部 大（イノベーション研究センター）
共催：
社会科学高等研究院マネジメント・イノベーション研究センター (HIAS MIC)
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