Abstract
Under the constraints of resources and environment, China is eager to cultivate a new industrial system with ecological characteristics in light of local circumstances. This paper selects the innovation ecosystem of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles in Sichuan, China as the objective of the case study to explore its cultivation and characteristics. The theoretical significance lies in three areas. Firstly, the cultivation path of the CNG vehicle innovation ecosystem is manifested. Secondly, the symbiotic process model among the communities within the CNG vehicle innovation ecosystem is found. Thirdly, the substitutive process model of the CNG vehicle innovation ecosystem is discovered, which reveals the substitutability among innovation ecosystems, the communities of similar products, and the enterprises of similar products. This paper is of theoretical, practical, and political significance for the development of a CNG vehicle innovation ecosystem in emerging markets in terms of regional energy security and emission reduction.
Highlights
A vibrant innovation ecosystem (IE) can offer enterprises an innovation environment of “tropical rain forests” where the internal interaction has much in common [1]
Sichuan province is the leading region in China initiating the development of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicle technologies and CNG filling stations, and continuously developing CNG vehicle industry based on its unique resource advantages
CNG vehicle innovation ecosystem is defined as a network system consisting of the communities of governments, CNG vehicle product enterprises, CNG complementary products enterprises, and customers, which interact, communicate, or promote innovation in order to create valuable new CNG vehicle products
Summary
A vibrant innovation ecosystem (IE) can offer enterprises an innovation environment of “tropical rain forests” where the internal interaction has much in common [1]. Many countries in the world are developing the natural gas vehicle industry for energy security and emission reduction. China follows to develop the natural gas vehicle industry to boost natural gas consumption. Up to 2014, the amount of Chinese Compressed Natural Gas (hereafter referred to as CNG) vehicles had been 4.411 million, and the amount of gas stations had been 4455, both ranking the first in the world. Sichuan province is the leading region in China initiating the development of CNG vehicle technologies and CNG filling stations, and continuously developing CNG vehicle industry based on its unique resource advantages. The study is of theoretical and political significance for the region with the resource advantage to develop CNG vehicle IE for energy security and emission reduction
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