Technology as a complex adaptive system: evidence from patent data
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Research developing a an invention theory on the basis of data collected from complex adaptive systems is presented. Particular attention is given to inventors' techniques of combining technologies and to ways in which invention compares with biological evolution.
Publication Name: Research Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-7333
Year: 2001
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Science and the diffusion of knowledge
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The role of publication as a link between the science, technological progress and economic growth is studied. Its influence on rate of knowledge diffusion is analyzed.
Publication Name: Research Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-7333
Year: 2004
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Complexity, networks and knowledge flow
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Analysis of competitive advantage derived from complexity of social networks, and patterns of diffusion of information and flow of knowledge, is presented.
Publication Name: Research Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-7333
Year: 2006
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