A study on diffusion pattern of technology convergence: Patent analysis for Korea

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 11546-11569

  Choi, Jae Young ^a   Jeong, Seongkyoon ^b   Kim, Kyunam ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Co classification analysis; Diffusion pattern; Patent data; Sustainability; Technology convergence

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; GROWTH RATE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

KOREA;

EID: 84944463729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su70911546     Document Type: Article

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