A Network Analysis Model for Selecting Sustainable Technology

Abstract

Most companies develop technologies to improve their competitiveness in the marketplace. Typically, they then patent these technologies around the world in order to protect their intellectual property. Other companies may use patented technologies to develop new products, but must pay royalties to the patent holders or owners. Should they fail to do so, this can result in legal disputes in the form of patent infringement actions between companies. To avoid such situations, companies attempt to research and develop necessary technologies before their competitors do so. An important part of this process is analyzing existing patent documents in order to identify emerging technologies. In such analyses, extracting sustainable technology from patent data is important, because sustainable technology drives technological competition among companies and, thus, the development of new technologies. In addition, selecting sustainable technologies makes it possible to plan their R&D (research and development) efficiently. In this study, we propose a network model that can be used to select the sustainable technology from patent documents, based on the centrality and degree of a social network analysis. To verify the performance of the proposed model, we carry out a case study using actual patent data from patent databases.

The Role of Mobile Technology in Tourism: Patents, Articles, News, and Mobile Tour App Reviews

“…We analyze the status of mobile technology in tourism using the IPC of the collected patents. The IPC is divided into 70,000 subsections and shows the industry with which the patent is affiliated [139,140]. There are other indices, such as the U.S. Patent Classification and Cooperative patent classification (CPC).…”

Statistical Technology Analysis for Competitive Sustainability of Three Dimensional Printing

“…Thus, most companies have tried to develop and keep the sustainable technologies in their areas. In addition, the studies on the sustainable technology were performed in diverse domains [3][4][5][6][7]. A number of studies have been conducted to determine the sustainability of technology.…”

Sustainable Technology Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Using Bayesian and Social Network Models

“…In addition, sustainability in technology is a key point in the management of technology [1]. As a result, studies that are related to sustainable technology have been published in diverse domains [2][3][4]. Sustainable technology is essential for the continuous development of a technology in a given field [2].…”

“…Sustainable technology is essential for the continuous development of a technology in a given field [2]. Park et al (2015) studied a network analysis model that can be used to select sustainable technology in a given technological field [4]. In addition, proposed a forecasting methodology for sustainable technology management in the area of defense [3].…”