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Study on the Correlation of Emerging Industries from the Technical Perspective: The Case of 3D Printing-related Industries

Huang Lucheng, Shi Yuanyuan, Wu Feifei, Miao Hong, Li Xin   

  1. School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124
  • Received:2015-01-05 Online:2017-02-28 Published:2017-03-16

Abstract: The emergence of new technologies will eventually create the relationship among different industries, and the different relationships among industries will promote the continuous development of new technologies. An industry correlation analysis from the technology angle is proposed in this research, and through the patent citation matrix analysis we can describe the linkages between technologies and the knowledge flow among different technologies. The consistency between the technical fields and industries is expanded to the knowledge flow among different industries. Then, interrelationship between industries can be obtained through knowledge flow analysis. Finally, with 3D printing technique as the research object, this study not only demonstrates the effectiveness of this method, but also gives a detailed description on the relationship between related industries. The results of the experiment show that this method is perspective and effective in analyzing the correlation among emerging industries from the technical perspective.

Key words: patent citation, technology correlation, industry correlation, 3D printing