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Technological spillovers of transferred inventors from the perspective of Social Network Analysis (SNA)

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Personnel involved in high-tech R&D commonly move between enterprises, bringing with them technology obtained elsewhere. This leads to an imperceptible circulation of analogous technology among different companies. Unfortunately, this so-called technological spillover is difficult to detect. This study combined social network analysis with patent data covering nearly 30 years to construct the networks that involve the mobility of inventors and technological overlap in the Hsinchu semiconductor industry. Regression analysis using quadratic assignment procedures reveals that the network within which inventors migrate has a positive impact on the network technological overlap. Further analysis clarified the positive relationship between the mobility of inventors and technological overlap in terms of the organizational network characteristics. This confirms a process of co-evolution between technological overlap and the mobility of inventors, which may have a highly likely spillover. Key words: Technological spillover, transferred inventor, social network analysis, technological overlap.

Source: AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

DOI: 10.5897/ajbm11.492

Authors: Lo Te Wei, Yang Wen Goang, Hung Ta Sheng, Lai Kuei Kuei

Institutions: WuFeng University, Chaoyang University of Technology, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Intellectual Property and Patents

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2105475089