Author: VPInstitute

  • A Link Prediction-Based Method for Identifying Potential Cooperation Partners: A Case Study on Four Journals of Informetrics

    Global academic exchange and cooperation have become an increasing trend in both academia and industry, but how to quickly and effectively identify potential partners is becoming an urgent problem. This paper proposes a link prediction-based model to help researchers identify partners from a large collection of academic articles in a given technological area. We initially…

  • RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES, THE INVESTIGATION OF THEIR RELATIONS: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

    The objective of this article is to record the trends of study regarding the relationships between resources and capabilities, according to the Resourced Based View of the Firm. This document presents a review of the literature in its definitions and typologies from 1984 to 2016, followed by a bibliometric analysis of the investigations that evaluate…

  • Analysis of publications in ISI and Scopus about Energy Policies in Wind Energy (full-text)

    The energy planning of the countries has taken relevance for the governments, they must guarantee a stable supply avoiding the emissions of greenhouse gases. Therefore, the development of public policies that allow investment in clean energy has become a topic of discussion among the scientific community. To contribute to the analysis of this issue, this paper shows…

  • Laser Additive Manufacturing: A Patent Overview

    Additive manufacturing technologies have the potential to change the paradigm of manufacturing. In this scenario, the main objective of this research work is to gain, through a patent study, an overall view of the trends of laser-based additive manufacturing technologies. The database used in order to retrieve patent information is Patseer and the data have…

  • Qualitative Patents Evaluation Through the Analysis of Their Citations. Case of the Technological Sectors in the Basque Country

    Patents are an output of the level of innovation of a company or region. Patent quantitative studies are performed by simply counting the number of these documents. For the qualitative evaluation, there is a certain consensus among the authors to consider the citations as the most adequate indicator. However, this indicator presents several problems regarding…

  • Additive Manufacturing and Supply Chain: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis

    The additive manufacturing studies has been increased in the last years, positioning in the scientific community. This paper analyze the literature about the relation between Additive Manufacturing and Supply Chain, with the final purpose of giving an exhaustive vision and to present and initial parameter in future researches. Using a bibliometric analysis 497 published articles…

  • Collaboration Towards a More Inclusive Society: The Case of South African ICT4D Researchers

    In this study, research collaboration in the context of South African Information and Communication for Development (ICT4D) researchers was investigated using a mixed methods approach. South Africa, a country with stark development challenges and on the other hand a well-established ICT infrastructure, provides an appropriate context for ICT4D research. Firstly, a quantitative analysis of South…

  • Business intelligence through patent filings: An analysis of IP management strategies of ICT companies (full-text)

    Business intelligence enables enterprises to make effective and good quality business decisions. In the knowledge economy, patents are seen as strategic assets for companies as they provide a competitive advantage and at the same time ensure the freedom to operate and form the basis for new alliances. Publication or disclosure of intellectual property (IP) strategy…

  • Assessing manufacturing strategy definitions utilising text-mining

    The variations in Manufacturing Strategy (MS) definitions create confusion and lead to lack of shared understanding between academic researchers and practitioners on its scope. The purpose of this study is to provide an empirical analysis of the paradox in the difference between academic and industry definitions of MS. Natural Language Processing (NLP) based text mining…

  • Exploration of people centric organizational health dimensions: a study of Indian R&D organization

    The purpose of this paper is to identify the dimensions of organizational health with the help of existing literature and focus group discussion on organizational health. The study also tries to categorize various antecedents and consequences of organizational health. Literature review was conducted with limited search word on organizational health using databases like Emerald, Ebsco…