Recombinant invention in solar photovoltaic technology: can geographical proximity bridge technological distance?

Li, Deyu; Heimeriks, Gaston; Alkemade, Floortje

doi:10.1080/00343404.2020.1839639

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“…Knoben and Oerlemans (2006) analyzed the overlap of meanings and found that four dimensions at the organizational level are sufficient to cover the impact of the various proximities (cognitive, social, technological, and geographic proximity) on innovation. Additionally, some scholars are accustomed to using ''distance'' to describe the difference in a certain dimension between subjects, such as ''technological distance'' and ''cognitive distance'' (Amores-Salvado´et al, 2021;Gilsing et al, 2008;Li, Heimeriks et al, 2021).…”

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Examining Cognitive and Social Proximities’ Influence on Cluster Firms’ Green Technological Innovation

Han,

2024

Sage Open

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Green technological innovation (GTI) has the dual externalities of promoting technological advancements and facilitating environmental protection. GTI assists manufacturing clusters respond to emission reduction and environmental protection challenges. Non-geographic proximity is vital in promoting knowledge sharing among organizations, facilitating GTI’s effective implementation; in this regard, a gap exists in the current literature. Using data from 330 cluster firms in China’s fine chemical industry and drawing on the knowledge-based view, this study explores how cognitive and social proximities affect GTI in cluster firms. The key findings are as follows: First, cognitive and social proximities are crucial factors driving GTI. Second, knowledge sharing mediates the relationship between proximity and GTI. Third, technological distance positively moderates the relationship between social proximity and green product innovation, and that between social proximity and end-of-pipe technological innovation. These findings have critical implications for cluster firms looking to cultivate network relationships based on distinct types of GTI.

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Section: Proximitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining Cognitive and Social Proximities’ Influence on Cluster Firms’ Green Technological Innovation

Han,

2024

Sage Open

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“…The third category is related to technological convergence. For example, Son and Cho (2020) conducted an IPC code cooccurrence network analysis of PV patents over a 15-year period to analyse technology fusion in the PV industry in South Korea and demonstrated that the structural pattern of fusion has been diversified or decentralized over time; the emergence of new combinations of unrelated technologies in the solar domain at the regional level was explored to prove that unrelated technologies are more likely to be recombined when they are strongly colocated in the same region (Li et al, 2020). Kangas et al (2021) studied the technological convergence between information and communication technology (ICT) and solar energy.…”

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Radical innovation detection in the solar energy domain based on patent analysis

Feng

Fang

2023

Front. Energy Res.

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Introduction: Detecting radical innovations in the solar energy domain could offer innovation references and support the promotion of solar energy. However, relevant studies in the solar energy domain are lacking, and the related methods need to be improved.Methods: In this paper, a new framework to identify radical innovations in the solar energy domain is proposed by combining a technological convergence study and scientific relation analysis, and the link prediction method is utilized to detect potential radical innovations in this domain.Results: 1) The distributions of both the technological classes and scientific categories are uneven in the solar energy domain. The top 15 technological classes account for nearly 75.46% of all classifications. Fifteen scientific categories are cited by all the patents, and applied physics, multidisciplinary material science, energy and fuels play important roles in this domain. 2) The relationships among technological classes have evolved over time and have mainly focused on neighbouring disciplines. 3) A total of 130 patents containing new convergence relationships and/or closely related to science are identified as radical innovations. Radical innovative topics are related to the subdomains of solar photovoltaic (solar PV), heat storage, heat exchangers, and solar collectors. 4) Five potential radical innovative topics are identified. Automatic plants for producing electric energy, solar energy ecology houses, and so on are considered to have great potential in the future.Discussion: The results are consistent with the authoritative report and previous studies, which verify the viability of our methods. And the findings have important implications for scientists, policy-makers, and investors in this domain.

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(Green) Knowledge spillovers and regional environmental support: do they matter for the entry of new green tech-based firms?

2022

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Recombinant invention in solar photovoltaic technology: can geographical proximity bridge technological distance?

Cited by 16 publications

References 85 publications

Examining Cognitive and Social Proximities’ Influence on Cluster Firms’ Green Technological Innovation

Examining Cognitive and Social Proximities’ Influence on Cluster Firms’ Green Technological Innovation

Radical innovation detection in the solar energy domain based on patent analysis

(Green) Knowledge spillovers and regional environmental support: do they matter for the entry of new green tech-based firms?

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