In the automobile industry, especially in its modem era, large amount of technologies have been generated to produce automobiles. The technological evolution in this industry is formed by complicated effects of the em...In the automobile industry, especially in its modem era, large amount of technologies have been generated to produce automobiles. The technological evolution in this industry is formed by complicated effects of the emergence of some milestone inventions and interaction, integration, and succession among diverse technologies. It＇s a big challenge to sort out crucial inventions and technologies progresses that mainly form this industry＇s technological evolution. We use patent citation data and apply network analytical techniques to reveal characteristics of the ＂backbone＂ in the automobile industry＇s technological evolution. We employ three algorithms respectively to explore the main path of the technological evolution, the most important subnetwork which outlines the main characteristics of the industry＇s technological evolution, and the most important technological inventions （act as authorities and hubs of the technological evolution） in the industry. Main results are reported in detail by tables, figures and interpretations to disclose the most influential technologically developing path, pivotal transfers in technological trajectories, and important technological convergences and divergences over time, of the modem era automobile industry.展开更多
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China under grant No. 71072124 Research Foundation of Liaoning Educational Committee under grant No. W2010075 the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under grant No. 2011JC008
文摘In the automobile industry, especially in its modem era, large amount of technologies have been generated to produce automobiles. The technological evolution in this industry is formed by complicated effects of the emergence of some milestone inventions and interaction, integration, and succession among diverse technologies. It＇s a big challenge to sort out crucial inventions and technologies progresses that mainly form this industry＇s technological evolution. We use patent citation data and apply network analytical techniques to reveal characteristics of the ＂backbone＂ in the automobile industry＇s technological evolution. We employ three algorithms respectively to explore the main path of the technological evolution, the most important subnetwork which outlines the main characteristics of the industry＇s technological evolution, and the most important technological inventions （act as authorities and hubs of the technological evolution） in the industry. Main results are reported in detail by tables, figures and interpretations to disclose the most influential technologically developing path, pivotal transfers in technological trajectories, and important technological convergences and divergences over time, of the modem era automobile industry.
