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Emerging technological trajectories and new mobility solutions. A large-scale investigation on transport-related innovative start-ups and implications for policy

by admin 2019-03-13 cities, digital industries, metadata, network analysis
Emerging technological trajectories and new mobility solutions. A large-scale investigation on transport-related innovative start-ups and implications for policy

Innovation in the transport industry is expected from the integration of new technologies and the development of new concepts of mobility. The current transport landscape is experiencing radical changes, as witnessed by the emergence of a multitude of new applications, business models and specializations, as well as by the entry of new players. The purpose of the paper is to provide a large-scale investigation of technological trajectories and new mobility solutions outlined by start-ups and young companies in the global transport industry. The paper employs network analysis to detect productive and innovative activities of firms founded between 2001 and 2016. Our findings highlight that three clusters of interconnected technologies and transport-related solutions are emerging: new cars prototypes and alternative vehicles prompt innovation in autonomous driving; technologies for transport sharing and public transit data analysis stimulate new solutions in urban livability; management systems, platform development and vehicle-optimization technologies bring innovative specializations in the integrated logistics services. Results provide policy-makers, venture capitalists, as well as open innovation teams in large corporations, with quantitative and relevant findings on transport-related innovative solutions.

full article: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

L’innovazione nel settore dei trasporti è attesa dall’integrazione di nuove tecnologie e dallo sviluppo di nuovi concetti di mobilità. L’attuale panorama dei trasporti sta vivendo cambiamenti radicali, come testimoniato dall’emergere di una moltitudine di nuove applicazioni, modelli di business e specializzazioni, nonché dall’ingresso di nuovi attori. Lo scopo del documento è quello di fornire un’analisi su larga scala delle traiettorie tecnologiche e delle nuove soluzioni di mobilità delineate da start-up e giovani aziende del settore globale dei trasporti. Il paper si avvale di analisi di rete per individuare le attività produttive e innovative delle imprese fondate tra il 2001 e il 2016. I nostri risultati evidenziano che stanno emergendo tre cluster di tecnologie interconnesse e soluzioni legate al trasporto: nuovi prototipi di automobili e veicoli alternativi propongono innovazione nella guida autonoma; le tecnologie per la condivisione dei trasporti e l’analisi dei dati sui trasporti pubblici stimolano nuove soluzioni nella vivibilità urbana; i sistemi di gestione, lo sviluppo di piattaforme e le tecnologie di ottimizzazione dei veicoli portano specializzazioni innovative nei servizi logistici integrati. I risultati forniscono ai decisori politici, ai venture capitalist e ai team di open innovation delle grandi aziende, risultati quantitativi e rilevanti sulle soluzioni innovative legate ai trasporti.

articolo completo: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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