Dynamic patterns of technological convergence in printed electronics technologies: patent citation network

The impact of convergence between science and technology on innovation

“…From the academic perspective of innovation research, we empirically analyze the effects of convergence between science and technology on innovation. For the convergence, previous literature has generally not considered convergence from the knowledge side, but investigated the effects of science and technology individually or adopted a purely technology or industry focused approach (Curran et al 2010;Curran and Leker 2011;Kim et al 2014;Jeong et al 2015). Our results show how different knowledge sources influence innovation and highlights the importance of converging effects at the knowledge level for pursuing impactful innovation.…”

“…Incorporating scientific knowledge into the research process occurs during the early stages of convergence (Karvonen and Kässi 2013), and is the precedence of technological and industrial convergence (Curran et al 2010). Fundamentally, convergence at the knowledge level is an important prerequisite for conceptualizing new innovation (Curran and Leker 2011;Kim et al 2014). Meanwhile, both knowledge sources have distinguished characteristics and play distinctive roles in the invention process (Brooks 1994).…”

Predicting the pattern of technology convergence using big-data technology on large-scale triadic patents

“…Technological convergence is generally considered as the combination of multiple technological elements for creating new technological domains (Kodama, 1995;Kim et al, 2014). The technology convergence can be further regarded as the result of dynamic evolution of different technologies (Kim et al, 2014).…”

The current transition in management of technology education: The case of Korea

“…This change was strengthened by the significant convergence of IT with other industries, such as e-commerce, mobile services, and servitization of the manufacturing industry (Sawhney et al, 2003;Rothenberg, 2007;Fang et al, 2008;Ulaga and Reinartz, 2011;Kim and Lee, 2009;Kim et al, 2014a; Source Kim et al, 2014b). The Korean economy began to recognize a need to change its industrial structure to foster a more knowledge-intensive industry that would generally require more creative innovation than productivity-oriented innovation (Kong et al, 2006).…”

“…Since the early 2000s, i.e., after many Korean industries began to lead world markets and their innovation capability as a whole entered a more sophisticated and mature phase, Korean industries have made efforts to expand their innovation capabilities. During this period, manufacturing and services have begun to converge, and technology convergence has started to accelerate, with industries eventually converging in some cases (Kim et al, 2014a). During this period, Korean industries have needed trained workers who can devise product innovations in world markets and who are entrepreneurial and can start venture companies that will strengthen the industrial ecosystem of Korea.…”