Global technological collaboration network: network analysis of international co-inventions

Global innovation networks are emerging as a result of the international division of innovation processes through, among others, international technological collaborations. At the aggregate level, the creation of technological collaboration between countries can be considered as mutually beneficial...

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Published in:The Journal of technology transfer 2014-06, Vol.39 (3), p.358-375
Main Authors: De Prato, Giuditta, Nepelski, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggregates
Analysis
Bibliometrics
Business and Management
Collaboration
Commercial Law
Criteria
Division
Economic Growth
Evolution
Globalization
Gravitation
Industrial Organization
Innovation/Technology Management
International
Inventions
Inventors
Management
Network analysis
Networks
Organization theory
Position measurement
Studies
Technology transfer
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Summary:Global innovation networks are emerging as a result of the international division of innovation processes through, among others, international technological collaborations. At the aggregate level, the creation of technological collaboration between countries can be considered as mutually beneficial (or detrimental) and their random distribution is unlikely. Consequently, the dynamics and evolution of the technological collaborations can be expected to fulfil the criteria of a complex network. To study the structure and evolution of the global technological collaboration network, we use patent-based data of international co-inventions and apply the network analysis. In addition, extending the gravity model of international technological collaboration by network measures, we show that a country’s position in the network has very strong impact on the intensity of collaboration with other countries.
ISSN:0892-9912
0892-9912
1573-7047
DOI:10.1007/s10961-012-9285-4