Paper Info
Title
A simple approach to describe a company's innovative activities and their technological breadth
Abstract
Technological breadth, as an indicator of knowledge integration, and breadth of technological diffusion are two sides of a coin when studying the value of patents. In this contribution some h-type indices are developed, and applications in the field of technological innovation are provided. The obtained results suggest that these h-type indices can be used to describe two-dimensions of a firm's vitality with respect to technological innovation and technological breadth of patents. Hence, patent-related h-indices can serve as simple alternative indicators to describe a firm's performance in technological innovation. They can, moreover, be used to compare firms active in the same industry.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1007/s11192-014-1464-7
Scientometrics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
IPCh-index,cIPCh-index,Knowledge integration in patents,Technological breadth of patents,Diffusion of technological innovation,Performance of firms
Journal
102
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
0138-9130
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
16
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xiaojun Hu111911.37
Ronald Rousseau21071103.40