The inter-industry distribution of technological capabilities. A case study in the application of the Italian patenting in the U.S.A. |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, No.38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China;2. Department of Building Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China;3. Key Laboratory of Performance Evolution and Control for Engineering Structures of Ministry of Education, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, China;4. Research Institute of Architectural Design & Urban Planning, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300000, China;5. Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore, 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, 119620, Singapore |
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| Abstract: | In this paper patent statistics are used as a technological indicator for the purpose of identifying the inter-industry distribution of technological capabilities. A matrix of Italian patents in the U.S.A. by industrial sectors and technological fields is discussed. This matrix, which is complementary to those devoted to inter-industry technology flows, is of interest to technology policy, since it indicates the sources of a given technological capability. The same matrix shows that the companies, and consequently the industrial sectors involved, are multi-technological in that they produce inventions in a wide range of technological fields. The present paper is an initial attempt to quantify this known fact. |
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