Obtaining advantages from technology revolution: A patent roadmap for competition analysis and strategy planning

Yu, Xiang; Zhang, Ben

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2017.10.008

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“…The names of clusters were proposed, which made it possible to identify research sub-areas and main research issues, in which the authors of the publications used technology development roadmaps (Table 1). Analysis of patent development patterns (Jeong and Yoon, 2015;Yu and Zhang, 2019;Trappey et al, 2019;Zhou et al, 2019;Yang et al, 2019);…”

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Technology Development Roadmaps: A Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Literature

Winkowski¹

2020

ERSJ

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Purpose: The purpose of this article was to identify research sub-areas and to investigate methodological deficiencies in technology development roadmaps. Design/Methodology/Approach: For achieving the objective of this study, a critical analysis of literature and bibliometric analysis was carried out, through the analysis of 2610 relevant Scopus-indexed documents. The time frame of the analyzed period covered the years 1984-2019. On these grounds, a bibliometric map was developed using the VOS mapping techniquevisualization of similarities. Findings: The analysis of interrelated key terms made it possible to identify clusters as research sub-areas related to the subject of technology roadmaps. The names of clusters were proposed, which made it possible to identify research sub-areas and main research issues, in which the authors of the publications used technology development roadmaps. The main areas in which technology development roadmaps are used include among others: estimating the potential environmental impact of technology change and anticipating its effects, determining the future of technological progress in companies, at various levels of government agencies and other organizations or designing directions of technology development in the context of sustainable development. Practical implications: This issue is important not only in the theoretical aspect, but also to increase the awareness of companies to help further improve strategic management related to technology management. Originality/Value: It was proposed to develop a methodology for the designing of technology development roadmaps, which will allow for a comprehensive look at the analyzed problem and will enable to determine the directions of technology development in a comprehensive way.

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“…Identification of key technologies, key technologies in the context of creating "smart products" and analysis of "smart cities" technologies (Schulmeyer, 1986;Yu et al, 2019;Lu et al, 2019;Romanski and Daim, 2019;Lai et al, 2019;Cresto et al, 2019;Dede et al, 2019);…”

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Technology Development Roadmaps: A Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Literature

Winkowski¹

2020

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“…Yu and Zhang proposed a new kind of patent roadmap, which indicates technology revolution in the target technological industry. Compared to previous research, the leading assignees, as well as their patent distribution, can be highlighted in this patent roadmap [32]. It is essential for this paper to demonstrate that a patent roadmap has distinct advantages compared to the existing TRM approach, which reveals that TC is much more credible and reliable.…”

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A Study on Technology Competition of Graphene Biomedical Technology Based on Patent Analysis

2019

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Graphene, with high biocompatibility, physiological solubility and stability, has been reported as an emerging material for biomedical applications such as biosensors, drug delivery, and tissue engineering. Recently, identifying the technological competition (TC) of graphene biomedical technology has received worldwide attention from stakeholders. However, few studies have attached great importance to review the TC of this field by the analysis of patents. The main objective of this study is to develop a new and comprehensive method to investigate TC in a given technology field by conducting a patent review and then employing a patent roadmap to dig out the technology opportunity. The effectiveness of the approach is verified with the case study on graphene biomedical technology. Compared to previous research, this study makes the following important contributions. First, this study provides a new and systematic framework for the dynamic analysis of TC in a given technology field. It also extends the research perspectives of TC for industry, assignees, and technology, employs a patent roadmap to dig out technology opportunities, and enables stakeholders to understand TC from a dynamic perspective. Second, this study integrates patent analysis with a patent roadmap that has not appeared in existing methodologies of patent review. Third, it first introduces indicators (e.g., high value patent and competition position of top assignees) to the previous patent roadmap and provides a new methodology for patent roadmaps from a country level and assignee level. Finally, this study provides useful information for stakeholders interested in graphene biomedical technology, helps them to find new technology opportunities in this field, encourages them to determine the direction of future research, and has important significance for its application to diverse other emerging technologies.

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“…If the two MC appear in the same literature, then the two MC have a relationship of co-occurrence. CiteSpaceIII is a freely available Java application for analyzing technological hotspots and fronts, technological competitive trends, and patterns of the specific technological field, and can be used for clustering analysis, network analysis, historical pattern analysis, and so on [69][70][71]. The patent data were imported into CiteSpaceIII for analyzing the MC and clustering patent texts.…”

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Obtaining a Sustainable Competitive Advantage from Patent Information: A Patent Analysis of the Graphene Industry

Yang

Liu

2018

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Graphene serves as the most disruptive material in the twenty-first century and plays an unsubstitutable role in solving the sustainable development problems of energy crises, water shortages, and environmental pollution. Recently, obtaining a sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) in the field of graphene has gained increasing attention from both researchers and practitioners. However, few attempts have been made to summarize the SCA of this field by applying patent information. Basing on a patent-based multi-level perspective (MLP), this study aims to develop an approach to identify SCA in the target technological area by conducting a patent review from the comprehensive perspectives of the macro landscape, meso socio-technical system, and micro niches, and then integrate patent analysis with technology life cycle (TLC) theory to examine patents involving global technological competition. The effectiveness of the approach is verified with a case study on graphene. The results show that the graphene field is an emerging and fast-growing technological field, with an increasing number of patents over the year. The TLC of graphene technology demonstrated an approximate S shape, with China, the U.S., Korea, and Japan filing the largest number of graphene patents. Evidenced by Derwent Manual Codes, we found an increase in consideration given to technological application and material preparation topics over time, and research hotspots and fronts that have SCA. In terms of a leading country or region with SCA, the U.S., with a high foreign patent filing rate, large number of high forward citation patents, strong assignees’ competitive position, and large number of high-strength patents, was still the most powerful leader, with a higher SCA in the graphene industry. Korea also obtained a relatively higher SCA and will be a promising competitor in this field. Although China was shown to be catching-up very rapidly in the total number of graphene patents, the apparent innovation gaps in the foreign patent filing rate, high value patents, and Industry-University-Research Collaboration will obviously hamper Chinese catch-up efforts for obtaining SCA. As for patentees, the most powerful leaders with a higher SCA represented by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, International Business Machines Corp, and Nanotek Instruments Inc were identified. In addition, most of the high strength patents were owned by the above patentees. Further, valuable contributions to the understanding of SCA in graphene technology were summarized. First, the proposed patent-based MLP provides a new and comprehensive analytical framework for review research, as well as SCA analysis, and extends its research perspectives. Second, it introduces patent indicators to the previous MLP model, and provides a new theoretical perspective for the study of technological innovation in the previous MLP model. Third, this paper employs the TLC theory to explore the dynamic SCA in the given technology field, which further develops the concept of the MLP model from the temporal dimension. Finally, future research directions were demonstrated. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first systematic review of this field using patent analysis, comprehensively acknowledging the current technological competition and development in the graphene field and that of the future, and can be applied to various other emerging technology fields.

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Obtaining advantages from technology revolution: A patent roadmap for competition analysis and strategy planning

Cited by 54 publications

References 47 publications

Technology Development Roadmaps: A Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Literature

Technology Development Roadmaps: A Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Literature

A Study on Technology Competition of Graphene Biomedical Technology Based on Patent Analysis

Obtaining a Sustainable Competitive Advantage from Patent Information: A Patent Analysis of the Graphene Industry

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