An empirical enquiry into co-patent networks and their stars: The case of cardiac pacemaker technology

Technovation

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 436-446

  Goetze, Christiane ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacemaker; Gatekeeper; Inventor; Network analysis; Patent; R D

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC PACEMAKERS; COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PATENT ANALYSIS; PATENT NETWORK; PERSONAL NETWORKS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HEART; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; STARS;

PACEMAKERS;

EID: 77955303391     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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