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Defining key inventors: A comparison of fuel cell and nanotechnology industries |
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| Authors: | Alan Pilkington [Author Vitae] Linda L Lee [Author Vitae] [Author Vitae] Seeram Ramakrishna [Author Vitae] |
| Institution: | a School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK b Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Abstract: | This paper defines the notion of key inventors — those whose patenting is simultaneously highly productive and also widely cited. By implication, key inventors should be the leaders in any developing new field and we investigate the validity of the notion through an exploration of two emerging technological fields: fuel cell and nanotechnology. The nature of the two groups is compared to discuss the differences between the technological groups. |
| Keywords: | Nanotechnology Fuel cell Patent analysis Key inventor Bibliometrics |
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