Technological Landscape and Collaborations in Hybrid Vehicles Industry

Abstract

The production of hybrid vehicles has experienced intense growth in recent years. Carmakers invest significant resources into the development of advanced hybrid vehicles. The global prospects of this process can be estimated by systematically analyzing patents outlined in international patent databases. The paper assesses the state-of-art and the future of the industry. Evidence from leaders in the development of hybrid vehicles demonstrates the productivity of the methodology for analyzing patent data developed by the authors.

The role of environmental innovation through the technological proximity in the implementation of the sustainable development

“…We identify environmental innovations using appropriate indicators on patent data, according to their technological class, as in Marin and Lotti (). In Table , we report those patents with IPC (International Patent Classification) codes belonging to the groups selected by the OECD or the World Intellectual Property Organization (some case studies of the analysis patent activity in some technological domains [with application of specially selected IPC codes and classes] can be found in, for example, Streltsova, [biotechnology]; Rodriguez & Paredes, [hybrid vehicles industry]; Streletskiy, Zabavnikov, Aslanov, & Kotlov, [nanotechnology]; and Madvar et al, [petroleum industry]).…”

Technology Trends Analysis Using Patent Landscaping

“…Родригес [17] разработал методологию па-тентного анализа с дополнением системно-технологического подхода для отрасли созда-ния гибридных автомобилей и показал, что компании с высоким уровнем патентной ак-тивности демонстрируют большую склонность к кооперации с другими организациями.…”