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Innovation as a nonlinear process, the scientometric perspective, and the specification of an ‘innovation opportunities explorer’

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posted on 2023-06-08, 13:51 authored by Loet Leydessdorf, Daniele RotoloDaniele Rotolo, Wouter de Nooy
The process of innovation follows non-linear patterns across the domains of science, technology, and the economy. Novel bibliometric mapping techniques can be used to investigate and represent distinctive, but complementary perspectives on the innovation process (e.g., “demand” and “supply”) as well as the interactions among these perspectives. The perspectives can be represented as “continents” of data related to varying extents over time. For example, the different branches of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in the Medline database provide sources of such perspectives (e.g., “Diseases” versus “Drugs and Chemicals”). The multiple-perspective approach enables us to reconstruct facets of the dynamics of innovation, in terms of selection mechanisms shaping localizable trajectories and/or resulting in more globalized regimes. By expanding the data with patents and scholarly publications, we demonstrate the use of this multi- perspective approach in the case of RNA Interference (RNAi). The possibility to develop an “Innovation Opportunities Explorer” is specified.

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  • Published

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Journal

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

ISSN

0953-7325

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

6

Volume

25

Page range

641-653

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-03-15

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2013-03-15

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2012-11-22

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