Investigating the antecedents of general purpose technologies: A patent perspective in the green energy field

• Published in: Journal of engineering and technology management Vol. 39; pp. 81 - 100
• Main Authors: Ardito, Lorenzo, Messeni Petruzzelli, Antonio, Albino, Vito
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.01.2016; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Energy; General purpose technologies; Geographically dispersed R&D teams; Green energy technologies; Green products; R&D; Research & development; Search breadth; Studies; Team size; Technological change; Green energy technologies; Team size; Search breadth; Geographically dispersed R&D teams; General purpose technologies

This study analyzes how general purpose technologies are developed within the green energy field, by examining the relationship between search breadth across diverse knowledge domains and the technological generality of the resulting inventions. Particularly, we investigate if this relationship is m...