Innovation Discovery: Network Analysis of Research and Invention Activity for Technology Management

About the Editors
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Contents
Introduction
Part 1
	1. Bibliometrics: The Case of Comparing an Ecosystem Using System and Network Approaches • Marco Tregua, Anna D’Auria, Tiziana Russo Spena, and Francesco Bifulco
	2. Bibliometrics and Patents: Case of Forecasting Biosensor Technologies for Emerging Point-of-Care and Medical IoT Applications • Nasir Jamil Sheikh and Omar Sheikh
	3. Patents: The Case of Exploitation of the Patent System among SMEs and Private Inventors in Finland • J. Talvela, M. Karvonen, and T. Kässi
	4. Patents: Case of Analyzing Technological Knowledge Diffusion among Technological Fields using Patent Data: The Example of Microfluidics • Zheng Qiao, Lu-Cheng Huang, Fei-Fei Wu, Dan Wu, and Hui Zhang
Part 2
	5. Patents and Networks: Case of Discerning the Evolutionary Nature of Technological Change in the Complex Product Industry • Fei Yuan and Kumiko Miyazaki
	6. Patents and Networks: Case of Identification of Core Industry Actors for Electric Vehicle Battery by Application of Knowledge Flow • Yuan Yuan Shi and Tugrul Daim
	7. Patents and Networks: Case of Social Network Analysis for Innovation • Antonello Cammarano, Mauro Caputo, Emilia Lamberti, and Francesca Michelino
	8. Patents and Networks: Case of Cochlear Implant Technology Evolution using Patent Classification Data • Srigowtham Arunagiri and Mary Mathew
Part 3
	9. Bibliometrics and Networks: Case of a Multinational Perspective on How Eco-Innovation has Evolved in Academic Literature • Blanca de-Miguel-Molina, María de-Miguel-Molina, María-del-Val Segarra-Oña, and Ángel Peiró-Signes
	10. Bibliometrics and Social Network Analysis Supporting the Research Development of Emerging Areas: Case Studies from Thailand • Nathasit Gerdsri and Alisa Kongthon
	11. Bibliometrics and Networks: Trends and Typology of Emerging Antenna Propagation Technologies • Yasutomo Takano, Yuya Kajikawa, and Makoto Ando
	12. Bibliometrics and Networks: Case of Project Management and the Emergence of a Knowledge-based Discipline • Alan Pilkington, Kah-Hin Chai, and Le Yang
Part 4
	13. Emerging Networking Methods: Innovation Intermediaries in Technological Alliances • Calvin S. Weng
	14. Emerging Networking Methods: Analyzing Funding Patterns and Their Evolution in Two Medical Research Topics • Blanca de-Miguel-Molina, Scott W. Cunningham, and Fernando Palop
Part 5
	15. Advanced Methods: Identifying the Technology Profiles of R&D Performing Firms —A Matching of R&D and Patent Data • Peter Neuhäusler, Rainer Frietsch, Carolin Mund, and Verena Eckl
	16. Advanced Methods: Identification of Promising High-Tech Solutions with Semantic Technologies: Energy, Pharma, and Other Industries • Irina V. Efimenko and Vladimir F. Khoroshevsky
	17. Advanced Methods: Operationalizing Social Network Services Data—Deep Content Analysis to Comprehend Brand Presence • Arash Hajikhani and Jari Porras
	18. Advanced Methods: Technological Frontiers and Embeddings — A Visualization Approach • Scott W. Cunningham, Jan H. Kwakkel, and Sertaç Oruç
	19. Advanced Methods: Opportunities and Potential of the Internet of Things for Solving Social Issues • Yasutomo Takano and Yuya Kajikawa
	20. Advanced Methods: Exploring Technology Convergence as a Measure of Transition toward Connected Lighting System • Nina Chaichi and Tugrul Daim
Appendix I. Expert Identification using Social Network Analysis
Appendix II. Bibexcel — Quick Start Guide to Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis • Alan Pilkington
Appendix III. Supplementary Material
Index