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A multi-level model of emerging technology: An empirical study of the evolution of biotechnology from 1976 to 2003
In this paper, we develop an ecological, multi-level model that can be used to study the evolution of emerging technology. More specifically, by defining technology as a system composed of a set of interacting components, we can build upon the argument of multi-level density dependence from organiza...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5967744/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29795575 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197024 |
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author | van den Oord, Ad van Witteloostuijn, Arjen |
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description | In this paper, we develop an ecological, multi-level model that can be used to study the evolution of emerging technology. More specifically, by defining technology as a system composed of a set of interacting components, we can build upon the argument of multi-level density dependence from organizational ecology to develop a distribution-independent model of technological evolution. This allows us to distinguish between different stages of component development, which provides more insight into the emergence of stable component configurations, or dominant designs. We validate our hypotheses in the biotechnology industry by using patent data from the USPTO from 1976 to 2003. |
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spelling | pubmed-59677442018-06-08 A multi-level model of emerging technology: An empirical study of the evolution of biotechnology from 1976 to 2003 van den Oord, Ad van Witteloostuijn, Arjen PLoS One Research Article In this paper, we develop an ecological, multi-level model that can be used to study the evolution of emerging technology. More specifically, by defining technology as a system composed of a set of interacting components, we can build upon the argument of multi-level density dependence from organizational ecology to develop a distribution-independent model of technological evolution. This allows us to distinguish between different stages of component development, which provides more insight into the emergence of stable component configurations, or dominant designs. We validate our hypotheses in the biotechnology industry by using patent data from the USPTO from 1976 to 2003. Public Library of Science 2018-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5967744/ /pubmed/29795575 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197024 Text en © 2018 van den Oord, van Witteloostuijn http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article van den Oord, Ad van Witteloostuijn, Arjen A multi-level model of emerging technology: An empirical study of the evolution of biotechnology from 1976 to 2003 |
title | A multi-level model of emerging technology: An empirical study of the evolution of biotechnology from 1976 to 2003 |
title_full | A multi-level model of emerging technology: An empirical study of the evolution of biotechnology from 1976 to 2003 |
title_fullStr | A multi-level model of emerging technology: An empirical study of the evolution of biotechnology from 1976 to 2003 |
title_full_unstemmed | A multi-level model of emerging technology: An empirical study of the evolution of biotechnology from 1976 to 2003 |
title_short | A multi-level model of emerging technology: An empirical study of the evolution of biotechnology from 1976 to 2003 |
title_sort | multi-level model of emerging technology: an empirical study of the evolution of biotechnology from 1976 to 2003 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5967744/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29795575 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197024 |
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