Divergence and convergence: Technology-relatedness evolution in solar energy industry

Scientometrics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 461-475

  Luan, Chunjuan ^a   Liu, Zeyuan ^a   Wang, Xianwen ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Co classification analysis; Jaccard index; Patent analysis; Solar energy industry; Technology divergence and convergence; Technology relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885834560     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1057-x     Document Type: Article

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