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Innovation strategy and technological catch-up of chinese internet giants: Evidence based on patent data

  • Chenghuan Zhang
  • , Koichi Tsukioka
  • , Deyun Yin
  • , Kazuyuki Motohashi
  • The University of Tokyo
  • World Intellectual Property Organization

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

A new generation of information technology (IT), such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, internet of things, has been transforming production and business across the world profoundly. While Chinese internet companies begin to play an increasingly important role in the global digital economy by pushing forward the technological frontier, existing studies focus on their business models and ignore their rising technological capabilities. Based on natural language processing (NLP) based text mining and network analysis of patent data, this paper examines whether and how IT companies realize technological catch-up through innovation in emerging economies by comparing three leading internet giants in China, namely, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent with their US counterparts. In particular, it investigates these three technological companies' innovation strategy by analyzing their (1) patent portfolios, technological focus, patenting patterns and trends, and (2) the technological difference between them and their US peers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPICMET 2019 - Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology
Subtitle of host publicationTechnology Management in the World of Intelligent Systems, Proceedings
EditorsDundar F. Kocaoglu, Timothy R. Anderson, Dilek Cetindamar Kozanoglu, Kiyoshi Niwa, Harm-Jan Steenhuis
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781890843403
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2019 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2019 - Portland, United States
Duration: 25 Aug 201929 Aug 2019

Publication series

NamePICMET 2019 - Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology: Technology Management in the World of Intelligent Systems, Proceedings

Conference

Conference2019 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland
Period25/08/1929/08/19

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