For emerging technologies, such as nano-enabled drug delivery (NEDD), collaboration
acquires a special significance for technology innovation and development. Companies …

This research presents an empirical analysis of the emerging actors and collaborative
networks in nanotechnology. Patenting activities and technology diffusion in high-tech …

Patenting activities and technology diffusion in high-tech sectors are being increasingly
driven by collaborative, international and technology-based new entrants. In the realm of …

Using social network analysis to examine patenting data available at the USPTO, this paper
explores an evolutionary process of global nanotechnology collaboration network from the …

International collaboration has played an important role in the development of
nanotechnology. Patents encompass valuable technological information and collaborative …

Nanotechnology has heralded the advent of next major techno-paradigm shift that will have
pervasive impacts on a wide-range of high-tech sectors. International collaboration will exert …

Innovation collaboration is of paramount importance in the socio-economic context. This
study employs social network analysis methods to investigate patent data from Chinese …

The aim of the present research is to provide a new systematic methodology to explore
potential Research and Development (R&D) collaboration partners using patent information …

With the increasing trend towards collaborations for innovation across organizational
boundaries, the strategic gravity of exploring potential technology partners has been …

In an era of dramatic changes, enterprises tend to rely on tracking the main trends of
technological evolution to maintain a competitive advantage when confronted with the …