TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis on patent collaborative patterns for emerging technologies
T2 - A case study of nano-enabled drug delivery
AU - Ma, Jing
AU - Wang, Xuefeng
AU - Zhu, Donghua
AU - Zhou, Xiao
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - For emerging technologies, such as nano-enabled drug delivery (NEDD), collaboration acquires a special significance for technology innovation and development. Companies, academic teams, and other organisations play important roles in collaborative networks. In this paper, we conduct a collaboration study in the field of NEDD by using patent data. Key actors and evolution of the network are explored. Although collaboration improves the value of patents, the connections in the NEDD collaborative network are not consolidated. It is worthwhile for different organisations to establish collaborative relations to access external knowledge and resources.
AB - For emerging technologies, such as nano-enabled drug delivery (NEDD), collaboration acquires a special significance for technology innovation and development. Companies, academic teams, and other organisations play important roles in collaborative networks. In this paper, we conduct a collaboration study in the field of NEDD by using patent data. Key actors and evolution of the network are explored. Although collaboration improves the value of patents, the connections in the NEDD collaborative network are not consolidated. It is worthwhile for different organisations to establish collaborative relations to access external knowledge and resources.
KW - Emerging technologies
KW - NEDD
KW - Nano-enabled drug delivery
KW - Patent collaboration
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U2 - 10.1504/IJTM.2015.072972
DO - 10.1504/IJTM.2015.072972
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84947444041
SN - 0267-5730
VL - 69
SP - 210
EP - 228
JO - International Journal of Technology Management
JF - International Journal of Technology Management
IS - 3-4
ER -