Key
Inventors
There
are conflicting views as to the significance of individuals or
firms in technological development. Either it is the structure and
processes within firms which lead to successful innovation or the most
important element is the tacit knowledge of individual inventors. This
dichotomy is investigated through an exploration of key inventors –
those whose patenting is simultaneously highly productive and also
widely cited. The approach has developed the key inventor method which
can identify and map inventor and firm networks, as well as provide
lessons to improve inventor and firm effectiveness.
- “Defining Key Inventors: A Comparison of Fuel Cell and Nanotechnology Industries,” with L. Lee, C. Chan and S. Ramakrishna, NUS, Singapore, forthcoming Technology Forecasting and Social Change, (2008) Vol. 75.
- Key Inventors and Key Firms in Fuel Cell Development: A Patent Analysis, Research Paper Series, School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, # SoM-0605, (2006) pp. 17.
- ”Management of Technology: Themes, Concepts and Relationships,” with Thorsten Teichert, Technovation, (2006) Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 288-299.
- “Technology portfolio alignment as an indicator of commercialisation: An investigation of fuel cell patenting,” Technovation, (2004) Vol.24 No.10, pp.761-771.
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