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A Methodology to Evaluate Industry Convergence Using the Patent Information : Technology Relationship analysis

특허정보를 활용한 산업융합성 평가 방법론 : 기술연관분석

  • Kim, Jeeeun (Department of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University) ;
  • Lee, Sungjoo (Department of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University)
  • Received : 2012.12.31
  • Accepted : 2013.04.01
  • Published : 2013.06.15
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Abstract

As the convergence among technologies is reorganizing industry sectors, it is quite important to evaluate the probability of technological convergence, and to analyze how the technologies in a certain industry sector affect the same or other industry sectors. As a result, the large number of studies have been focused on the industry convergence. However, most of them have dealt mainly with case studies or strategy and policies and few efforts have been made to study it using quantitative data. The investigation of industry convergence using quantitative data will help understand the characteristics of industry and forecast the future of the industry from an objective point of view. Therefore, this research proposes a methodology to evaluate the possibilities of industry convergence using patent data. In particular, we emphasize the possibilities of technology convergence and suggest a technology relationship matrix to evaluate the technology convergence, as an antecedent of industry convergence. The feasibility and utility of the suggested methodology was verified with a case study on the convergence of IT and BT. The research results are expected to provide a useful guideline for developing a measure of convergence.

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