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Perceived technology clusters and ownership of related technologies: The case of consumer electronics

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  • Frank J. Van Rijnsoever
  • Carolina Castaldi

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We contribute to the understanding of how technologies may be perceived to be part of technology clusters. The value added of the paper is both at a theoretical and an empirical level. We add to the theoretical understanding of technology clusters by distinguishing between clusters in perceptions and clusters in ownership, and by proposing a mechanism to explain the existence of clusters. Our empirical analysis combines qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate clusters of consumer electronics for a sample of Dutch consumers. We find that perceived clusters in consumer electronics are mostly determined by functional linkages, and that perceived technology clusters are good predictors of ownership clusters, but only for less widely diffused products.

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  • Frank J. Van Rijnsoever & Carolina Castaldi, 2009. "Perceived technology clusters and ownership of related technologies: The case of consumer electronics," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 60(2), pages 381-392, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:60:y:2009:i:2:p:381-392
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.20975
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    1. Frank J. van Rijnsoever & Jacco Farla & Martin J. Dijst, 2009. "Consumer Car Preferences and Information Search Channels," Innovation Studies Utrecht (ISU) working paper series 09-07, Utrecht University, Department of Innovation Studies, revised Apr 2009.

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