How a product's design hierarchy shapes the evolution of technological knowledge - Evidence from patent-citation networks in wind power

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1195-1217

  Huenteler, Joern ^a,b   Ossenbrink, Jan ^a   Schmidt, Tobias S ^a   Hoffmann, Volker H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation network analysis; Design hierarchy; Knowledge dynamics; Product architecture; Technological trajectory; Wind power

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; TRAJECTORIES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

CITATION NETWORKS; DESIGN HIERARCHY; KNOWLEDGE DYNAMICS; PATENT CITATION NETWORK ANALYSIS; PATENT CITATION NETWORKS; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; WIND TURBINE TECHNOLOGY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84961839460     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.03.014     Document Type: Article

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