Managing Innovation and Standards by Paul Moritz Wiegmann

Author:Paul Moritz Wiegmann
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9783030015329
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

5.1.3 ‘Group Dynamics’ in the Industry Resulting from the Collaboration

All interviewed parties who were involved in the collaborative efforts outlined above described them as very trusting. This trust was built throughout all of these efforts (i.e. technology cooperation, standardisation activities and collaboration in consortia and industry associations). The following quote from our interview with an academic engineering researcher, who participated in the process without commercial stakes and therefore played a more neutral role, sums up this sentiment:The nice thing about standardisation is that one tries there to work together and not against each other. This means that the idea of competition is secondary in a standardisation committee once the door closes. Evidently, everyone represents the interests of their company. This is clear. Nevertheless, one knows ‘okay, one somehow has to enter compromises’, otherwise nothing comes out and one eventually wants to have something on the table. This is similar to conducting a common research project where it is clear that one enters the whole thing as partners and tries to do something together. And this is the same in standardisation, at least in the micro CHP area, where – according to my experience – there are fewer conflicts and diverging positions. Instead, the industry is saying – especially at such a new technology – ‘okay, we pull together and we want to advance our niche products and our not yet established technology’. (translated from German)

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