Mapping the technological landscape: Measuring technology distance, technological footprints, and technology evolution

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 81-96

  Aharonson, Barak S ^a   Schilling, Melissa A ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge spillover; Recombinant search; Technology landscape

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

FINE GRAINED; KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS; MACRO TECHNOLOGY; MEASURING TECHNOLOGY; RECOMBINANT SEARCH; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION; TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPES;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84961620958     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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