STI Policy and Management Journal
Vol 4, No 2 (2019): STI Policy and Management

E-Cigarette as Distruptive Innovation: Forecasting of conventional cigarette substitution in Indonesia

Erman Aminullah (Center for Science and Technology Development Studies, Indonesian Institute of Sciences)



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Publish Date
15 Dec 2019

Abstract

This paper intends to forecast conventional cigarette substitution by e-cigarette in the context of disruptive innovation.  E-cigarette as disruptive innovation  has been driven by   technology innovation to create e-cigarette products for global market. The advancement of e-cigarette technology innovation would continue to create smart and less harmfull e-cigarette  as  alternative tobacco products in future.The results of forecasting show that the replacement of conventional cigarette would be in line with the increase of e-cigarette consumption. The future increase of e-cigarette consumption would be influenced by three factors: (i)  technology advancement, (ii) excise tax incentives, (iii) and tobacco regulation. The diffusion of e-cigarette products in domestic market have raised the level of public acceptance,   despite  still reaped some rejections, especially from the health community in Indonesia.  The  scientific contribution of paper is a system dynamics model on conventional cigarette substitution by e-cigarette’s disruptive innovation. The model is systemic interaction among cigarette consumption, regulators, and public responses both health  community and consumers of e-cigarette in Indonesia. Keywords:  disruptive innovation, product substitution, electric-cigarette, system perspective, forecasting.

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stipm

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The STI (Science, Technology and Innovation) Policy and Management is a scientific journal discussing theoretical and practical issues in science and technology policy for economic competitiveness, research and development management and innovation management. The journal welcomes manuscripts from ...