Green innovation value chain frame of comparisons: market and public policy implications
by Erik L. Olson
International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management (IJTPM), Vol. 15, No. 2, 2015

Abstract: The Green Innovation Value Chain (GIVC) is a framework that compares the relative attractiveness of a green technology with conventional competitors(s) along stakeholder links representing the manufacturer, distributor, end-user, government and the environment. Previous GIVC analyses have examined hybrid car and PV solar technologies, and concluded that each provides poor financial and environmental returns across the GIVC links in comparison with the most similar gasoline-powered car and natural gas-generated electricity, respectively. The current research addresses the potential bias of using a single comparison point by including additional competing products/technologies that reflect actual marketplace or public policy-advocated technology substitution. Although some of the new comparisons provide more encouraging green technology results than the earlier analyses, the overall conclusion remains that neither technology is likely to be attractive to stakeholders and widely displace the new comparison points. The market and public policy implications of the findings are then discussed.

Online publication date: Tue, 05-May-2015

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