The effects of technological leapfrogging in transportation technologies in BRICS and G7 countries
ISSN: 0888-045X
Article publication date: 24 April 2023
Issue publication date: 26 April 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to analyse the technological, economic and environmental impacts of disruptive innovations in the transportation mobility market.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper gathered data from World Bank and 13 open sources in an exploratory, descriptive and applied investigation on potentially disruptive transport innovations outcomes in G7 and BRICS (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) economies, businesses and societies.
Findings
The results suggest positive implications for technological leapfrogging of electric vehicles (EV), autonomous vehicles (AVs) and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOLs), such as gains in energy consumption, infrastructure improvement, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, economic growth and the opportunity for new disruptive technologies to improve or even revolutionize the transportation ecosystem.
Research limitations/implications
This study has clear limitations as it compares G7 and BRICS hypothetical scenarios where internal combustion vehicles were replaced by new technologies, ceteris paribus. Even so, as theoretical implications, the study presents market scenarios for EVs, AVs and eVTOLs technologies, bringing benefits to the disruptive innovation theory by expanding the understanding of the subject and also opening avenues of investigation by exploring new technological, economic and environmental possibilities.
Practical implications
This study emphasises potentially disruptive technologies’ technological, economic and sustainable benefits to countries through technological leapfrogging. The organizations can delve into results to investigate forthcoming markets and seek advantageous positions. Economic and social gains from leapfrogging could motivate government bodies to finance research focusing on EVs, AVs and eVTOLs diffusion.
Originality/value
The paper’s originality resides in aggregating multiple data sources to compare technological leapfrogging in G7 and BRICS transportation. The different views allowed for exploring the potential outcomes of EVs, AVs and eVTOLs on economic, sustainability and market dimensions in developed and developing countries.
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Acknowledgements
This study was financed by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) – Finance Code 88882.446574/2019-01. This paper would not have been possible without the support of the Post Graduate Program in Administration of Lavras Federal University (UFLA, Brazil). Also, the authors would like to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for the incentive words and suggestions which helped to improve the manuscript.
Citation
Silva, J.P.N., de Oliveira, C.C., Pedrosa, G. and Grutzmann, A. (2023), "The effects of technological leapfrogging in transportation technologies in BRICS and G7 countries", The Bottom Line, Vol. 36 No. 1, pp. 52-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/BL-04-2022-0070
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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