Autori
Malerba, Franco
Montobbio, Fabio
Corrocher, Nicoletta

Titolo
The emergence of new technologies in the ICT field: main actors, geographical distribution and knowledge sources
Periodico
Università degli Studi dell'Insubria. Dipartimento di Economia. Quaderni di ricerca
Anno: 2003 - Fascicolo: 37 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 30

This paper examines the emergence of technologies, applications and platforms in the area of information and communication technologies (ICT), using patent data. It detects new technologies/applications/products using patents’ abstracts and describes them looking at their degree of “hybridisation”, in terms of technological domains and knowledge base, at the role of firms in driving the innovation activity, and at the geographical distribution of the innovation. The results show that emerging technologies in ICT are more concentrated across technological classes and across firms than non emerging ones, and that this pattern is invariant across major countries. Furthermore, a preliminary analysis on patent citations show that in emerging technologies knowledge sources are more specific in terms of technological classes and more dispersed in terms of cited institutions. Also there is evidence of a role for universities and public research centres as sources of knowledge.



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