Technological pervasiveness and variety of innovators in Green ICT: A patent-based analysis

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1827-1839

  Cecere, Grazia ^a   Corrocher, Nicoletta ^b   Gossart, Cédric ^a   Ozman, Muge ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Green ICT; Network analysis; Patent analysis; Patterns of innovation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE; GENERAL PURPOSE TECHNOLOGIES; INNOVATION DYNAMICS; INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES; PATENT ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY;

GREEN COMPUTING;

EID: 84927698159     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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