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The ecology of technology
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Abstract
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| In organizational ecology, the focus is on the evolution of a population of organizations. Adopting a similar logic, we deal with the evolution of a Population (or set) of related of inventions. More specifically, by employing a Population perspective to technology, we aim to determine to what extent the pattern of technological growth call be attributed to the structural characteristics of the technology itself Through ail empirical investigation of patent data in the biotechnology industry, we show that a technology's internal (i.e., density and diversity) and external (i.e., crowding and status) characteristics have a significant effect on its growth rate. Finally, we discuss the implication of our findings for the development of what we coin the ecology of technology. Key words Population, Ecology, Technology, Technological growth |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Innovation Management, vols. I and II, DEC 10-11, 2008, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Publication
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Wuhan
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Wuhan univ technology press
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2008
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ISBN
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978-7-5629-2865-2
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(2008)
, p. 2357-2381
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000263151801101
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