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Patents Statistics, Knowledge Specialisation and the Organisation of Competencies

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  • Ludovic Dibiaggio
  • Lionel Nesta

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[fre] Cet article présente une méthode d'analyse statistique permettant d'étudier l'organisation des connaissances de la firme à partir de données de brevets. Nous partons de l'idée que les connaissances sont hétérogènes en ce qu'elles sont liées à des disciplines scientifiques et technologiques différentes. Dès lors, en utilisant les informations fournies par les données de brevets, on peut considérer les relations particulières entre technologies comme révélateurs de l'organisation des bases de connaissances. En nous appuyant sur quelques cas illustratifs, nous montrons que cette méthode permet de mettre en lumière d'une part l'hétérogénéité des bases de connaissances des firmes d'un même secteur et d'autre part l'impact significatif du mode d'organisation des connaissances sur la performance des entreprises. [eng] This paper presents a method by which patent statistics can be used to study the organisation of competencies within firm. We argue that knowledge is heterogeneous because it refers to scientific disciplines and technologies. One must therefore account for how technologies relate to one another -what we call the organisation of competencies. Patents are used to develop a methodological framework allowing one to grasp technological relatedness within firms. We then propose a series of illustrations showing how patent statistics can be used to study inter-firm heterogeneity and the relationship between the organisation of knowledge and economic performance at the firm level.

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  • Ludovic Dibiaggio & Lionel Nesta, 2005. "Patents Statistics, Knowledge Specialisation and the Organisation of Competencies," Revue d'Économie Industrielle, Programme National Persée, vol. 110(1), pages 103-126.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recind:rei_0154-3229_2005_num_110_1_3074
    DOI: 10.3406/rei.2005.3074
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    1. Wang, Zhinan & Porter, Alan L. & Wang, Xuefeng & Carley, Stephen, 2019. "An approach to identify emergent topics of technological convergence: A case study for 3D printing," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 723-732.
    2. Isabel Cavalli & Charlie Joyez, 2021. "The Dynamics of French Universities in Patent Collaboration Networks," GREDEG Working Papers 2021-38, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France.
    3. Guangtong Li & L. Siddharth & Jianxi Luo, 2023. "Embedding knowledge graph of patent metadata to measure knowledge proximity," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 74(4), pages 476-490, April.
    4. Jiancheng Guan & Yuan Shi, 2012. "Transnational citation, technological diversity and small world in global nanotechnology patenting," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 93(3), pages 609-633, December.
    5. Hugo Confraria & Vitor Hugo Ferreira & Manuel Mira Godinho, 2021. "Emerging 21st Century technologies: Is Europe still falling behind?," Working Papers REM 2021/0188, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, REM, Universidade de Lisboa.

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