TY - JOUR
T1 - The idiosyncrasy and dynamism of technological innovation across industries
T2 - Patent citation analysis
AU - Park, Yongtae
AU - Yoon, Byungun
AU - Lee, Sungjoo
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - In general, the structural and behavioral patterns of technological innovation are idiosyncratic across industrial sectors and dynamic over time. Yet, despite voluminous amounts of previous research, patterns of innovation are hard to standardize or theorize. The objectives of this article are two-fold. One is to investigate distinctive and changing patterns of technological innovation across industries and observe dynamic trends over time. The other is to identify patterns of relationships among industries and examine the roles of respective industries. To this end, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) patent database was used and patent citation analysis applied. The idiosyncratic differences among industrial sectors are highlighted, especially between conventional manufacturing sectors and science-based sectors. We also found changing trends in technological knowledge flows across industries.
AB - In general, the structural and behavioral patterns of technological innovation are idiosyncratic across industrial sectors and dynamic over time. Yet, despite voluminous amounts of previous research, patterns of innovation are hard to standardize or theorize. The objectives of this article are two-fold. One is to investigate distinctive and changing patterns of technological innovation across industries and observe dynamic trends over time. The other is to identify patterns of relationships among industries and examine the roles of respective industries. To this end, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) patent database was used and patent citation analysis applied. The idiosyncratic differences among industrial sectors are highlighted, especially between conventional manufacturing sectors and science-based sectors. We also found changing trends in technological knowledge flows across industries.
KW - Dynamism
KW - Idiosyncrasy
KW - Industrial sector
KW - Innovation
KW - Patent citation analysis
KW - Pattern of innovation
KW - Technological innovation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=28444460376&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.techsoc.2005.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.techsoc.2005.08.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:28444460376
SN - 0160-791X
VL - 27
SP - 471
EP - 485
JO - Technology in Society
JF - Technology in Society
IS - 4
ER -