Author: VPInstitute

  • Study on main delivery actors in Technology Delivery System (TDS) based on multi-data sources

    As innovation becomes important and complex, researchers started to explore innovation process under the background of Big Data. Technology Delivery System (TDS), a systematic method dynamically showing innovation process, has caused the extensive concern worldwide. As an essential step to construct TDS better, this study aims to identify main delivery actors in TDS based on…

  • Forecasting Cloud Computing: Producing a Technological Profile

    Migrating to cloud computing is one of the current enterprise challenges. In this sense, the small and medium enterprise should be the most interested, given that initial investments are avoided and the technology offers gradual implementation. However, 54.9 % of SMEs confess that they have no knowledge of cloud technology. Accordingly, this paper aims at…

  • Retraction: The Other Face of Research Collaboration

    There is an increasing amount of research investigating retractions. Yet little attention has been paid to the relationship between retractions and collaboration. This study draws upon two notions from the social psychological literature on group interaction – diffusion of responsibility and internal auditing – to examine the effect of collaboration size on retraction. We test our hypotheses regarding…

  • 2016 Global TechMining Conference

    In conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators, the VP Institute is sponsored the 6th  Global TechMining Conference on September 13, 2016 at the Universitat Politècnica de València. 09:40-10:40 Session 1A: TECHMINING METHODS 09:40 Wolfgang Glänzel, Sarah Heeffer and Bart Thijs Lexical analysis of scientific publications for nano-level scientometrics abstract  |…

  • 2015 Global TechMining Conference

    Proceedings of the 5th Global TechMining Conference – September 16, 2015 DATA SCIENCE AND TECHMINING Session Chair : Arho Suominen Innovation and business growth in a strategic emerging technology: New methods for real-time intelligence on graphene enterprise development and commercialization Philip Shapira, Abdullah Gok, and Fatemeh Salehi Yazdi Presentation Extended Abstract Assessment of entrepreneurial activity…

  • 2014 Global TechMining Conference

    DEVELOPMENTS IN METHODS A Comparison of Social Science Research on Nanotechnology and Synthetic Biology Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira Presentation PowerPoint Slides Intellectual property search methods and innovation impact therewith beyond expectations  Damien Lapray and Serge Rebouillat Presentation PowerPoint Slides How can a word be disambiguated in a set of documents: using recursive Lesk to select relevant records Diego…

  • International Collaboration Patterns and Effecting Factors of Emerging Technologies

    With the globalization of the world economy, international innovation collaboration has taken place all over the world. This study selects three emerging technologies (3D printing, big data and carbon nanotubes and graphene technology) among 20 countries as the research objects, using three patent-based indicators and network relationship analysis to reflect international collaboration patterns. Then we…

  • A Strategic View for Rare Earths Production, in a Competitive and Sustainable form

    The demand for rare earths (RE) has been intensified by their large use, especially in high technology sectors. Supply difficulties have forced RE users to seek alternative sources and invest in the development of recycling technologies and options of reuse for these elements. This article seeks to reveal the trends and ongoing changes in national and global prospects…

  • Four decades of coupon research in pricing: Evolution, development, and practice

    Coupons are a sales promotion tool frequently used by marketers. While considerable research has been conducted on coupons such as its profitability, design, and redemption rate for increased sales, few attempts have been made to summarize the published literature in the form of a review. This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of research on coupons…

  • A Bibliometric Analysis of Fuzzy Decision Research During 1970–2015

    Fuzzy set just past its 50-year anniversary and different fuzzy associations and organizations hold different forms of conferences and activities to celebrate this epoch-making scientific discovery. As an important branch of fuzzy theory, fuzzy decision has attracted scholars from almost all fields from psychologists, economists, to computer scientists. In this paper, we conduct a bibliometric…