Beyond local search: Bridging platforms and inter-sectoral technological integration

Carlo Corradini and Lisa De Propris

Research Policy, 2017, vol. 46, issue 1, 196-206

Abstract: This paper explores the dynamics of inter-sectoral technological integration by introducing the concept of bridging platform as a node of pervasive technologies, whose collective broad applicability may enhance the connection between ‘distant’ knowledge by offering a technological coupling. Using data on patents obtained from the CRIOS-PATSTAT database for four EU countries (Germany, UK, France and Italy), we provide empirical evidence that bridging platforms are likely to connect more effectively innovations across distant technological domains, fostering inter-sectoral technological integration and the development of original innovation. Public research organisations are also found to play a crucial role in terms of technological integration and original innovation due to their higher capacity to access and use bridging platforms within their innovation activities.

Keywords: Bridging platform; Technological integration; Distant search; Patent originality; Public research; Basic science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.09.017

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