An emerging paradigm or just another trajectory? Understanding the nature of technological changes using engineering heuristics in the telecommunications switching industry

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 414-429

  Martinelli, Arianna ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Patent citation network; Technology evolution; Telecommunication manufacturing industry

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENGINEERING HEURISTICS; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE LEVEL; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; NETWORK-BASED; PATENT CITATION; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SEARCH ENGINES; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAJECTORIES;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 84855962840     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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