Author: VPInstitute

  • A landscape of bioinformatics patents – Garnering of IPR in the field of bioinformatics

    In the current information technology era, Bioinformatics is growing rapidly due to availability of vast database systems and the ever increasing amount of biological data. It is a flexible and creative means of storing, managing, and querying of complex biological datasets. With these rapid advancements in today’s technology-driven age, it is also imperative that protection…

  • Price framing literature: Past, present, and future

    Price framing helps businesses communicate utility and price to consumers in an attractive manner. The extant research shows that the price framing greatly impacts consumers’ choices of price. Various scholars have analysed it with varying perspectives. This review revisits and analyses each research work on price framing in the marketing domain from the time when…

  • Bibliometrics and Networks: Case of a Multinational Perspective on How Eco-Innovation has Evolved in Academic Literature

    Recent studies in literature on eco-innovation have adopted a systematic approach, rather than taking advantage of what the iMetrics method — different types of information studies such as bibliometrics, scientometrics, and informetrics — can contribute to the understanding of how knowledge increases and develops in a particular field. This chapter contributes to filling this gap…

  • Thermal Spraying Processes and Amorphous Alloys: Macro-Indicators of Patent Activity (full-text)

    Thermal spraying processes allows high cooling rates and can favor the formation of amorphous microstructures. Amorphous metallic coatings can result in superior mechanical and functional properties. To follow new technological development and innovation paths, indicators based on patent data can be assembled to support technological forecasting assessments and decision making. This study mapped the technological…