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Viability mechanisms in market systems: prerequisites for market shaping

Peters, Linda D.; Nenonen, Suvi; Polese, Francesco; Frow, Pennie; Payne, Adrian

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Authors

Suvi Nenonen

Francesco Polese

Pennie Frow

Adrian Payne



Abstract

Purpose
This paper develops a conceptual framework based on the identification and examination of the mechanisms (termed “viability mechanisms”) under which market-shaping activities yield the emergence of a viable market: one able to adapt to the changing environment over time while remaining stable enough for actors to benefit from it.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper employs extant literature to build a conceptual framework identifying viability mechanisms for market shaping and a case illustration examining how a viable market for Finnish timber high-rise buildings was created. The case exemplifies how the identified viability mechanisms are practically manifested through proactive market-shaping.

Findings
The proposed conceptual framework incorporates four viability mechanisms identified in the extant literature: presence of dissipative structures, consonance among system elements, resonance among system elements, and reinforcing and balancing feedback loops. It illustrates how these mechanisms are manifested in a contemporary case setting resulting in a viable market.

Practical implications
First, firms and other market-shaping organizations should look for, or themselves foster, viability mechanisms within their market-shaping strategies. Second, as failure rates in innovation are extremely high, managers should seek to identify or influence viability mechanisms in order to avoid premature commercialization of innovations.

Originality/value
This research identifies how these viability mechanisms permit markets to emerge and survive over time. Further, it illuminates the workings of the non-linear relationship between actorlevel market-shaping actions and system-level market changes. As such, it provides a “missing link” to the scholarly and managerial discourse on market-shaping strategies. Unlike much extant market-shaping literature, this study draws substantively on the system

Citation

Peters, L. D., Nenonen, S., Polese, F., Frow, P., & Payne, A. (2020). Viability mechanisms in market systems: prerequisites for market shaping. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 35(9), 1403-1412. https://doi.org/10.1108/jbim-04-2019-0139

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 27, 2020
Online Publication Date May 21, 2020
Publication Date May 21, 2020
Deposit Date Apr 28, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing
Print ISSN 0885-8624
Electronic ISSN 0885-8624
Publisher Emerald
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 35
Issue 9
Pages 1403-1412
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/jbim-04-2019-0139
Keywords Market-shaping; markets-as-systems; systems theory; viability mechanisms; case study
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4353745
Publisher URL https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JBIM-04-2019-0139/full/html

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