Reduction of GHG emissions from ships: evaluation of inter-company R&D cooperation models in the case of Hapag-Lloyd
| Autor: | Max Johns, Carsten Willer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Knowledge management
R&d Process (engineering) 020209 energy HF5761-5780 Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Liner shipping Research cooperation 0502 economics and business 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Robustness (economics) HE1-9990 Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods Sustainable Value business.industry 05 social sciences Stakeholder Decarbonization Variety (cybernetics) Sustainability Portfolio Business Transportation and communications 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Shipping and Trade, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-25 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2364-4575 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s41072-021-00084-4 |
| Popis: | Decarbonization provides a crucial challenge for the maritime industry, resulting in growing concerns about how to achieve the initial IMO strategy on reduction of GHG-emissions from ships. In this context, R&D cooperation has become an important domain for industrial practice, constituting a preeminent strategic framework and vital factor for actively shaping the industry’s development towards a sustainable future. Leading global liner-shipping companies emphasize the importance of R&D to surmount disruptive challenges. However, based on the variety of R&D cooperation models, it remains to be investigated how such collaborations should be configured. This paper seeks to address practical collaboration concepts by defining holistic requirements from a corporate perspective, which are subsequently matched with a portfolio of external stakeholders and cooperation configurations. For this process, a mixed-methods research design has been adopted, sourcing the required information from expert interviews with the primary stakeholder groups and culminating in the construction of two multi-criteria decision-making models to draw dynamic inferences.On this basis, econometric analysis suggests knowledge-based R&D cooperation models, and early-stage involvement of academic institutions and classification societies. This provides the framework for actively engaging in a variety of further technological test-phases in the future, to evaluate imminent GHG-reduction alternatives and perpetuate sustainable value creation. The research results empirically support theoretical literature on environmentally related R&D cooperation and contribute to the understanding of strategic partnerships. This adds economic robustness to a widely discussed topic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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