Identification and evaluation of corporations for merger and acquisition strategies using patent information and text mining

Scientometrics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 883-909

  Park, Hyunseok ^a   Yoon, Janghyeok ^b   Kim, Kwangsoo ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

M A target selection; Patent analysis; SAO; Subject action object; Technological similarity; Technology acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887997073     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1010-z     Document Type: Article

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