Technology Path Way: Reframing with a New Perspective

Ahyun Kim (), Jinwoo Kim () and Yong Jin Kim ()
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Ahyun Kim: Dongyang Mirae University
Jinwoo Kim: Frism Investment Advisory Inc
Yong Jin Kim: Sogang University

A chapter in Management Information Systems in a Digitalized AI World, 2025, pp 3-15 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The product life cycle has long been cited as a concept explaining the cycle of birth and extinction of products and technologies. However, according to our observation over patents and research papers, a technology after its inception did not extinct even though its original product faded out, but is often used or cited by other industries or research. To explain this phenomenon, this study proposes a concept of Technology Pathway instead of the Product Life Cycle. This study focuses on the characteristics of technology (multipurpose and transferability) as the factor that allows technologies to survive and grow even after its original product disappeared. To illustrate Technology Path Way, examined in detail are technologies used in the battery, printing, and memory industries.

Keywords: Multipurpose; Technology Demand; Technology pathway; Transferability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-6526-6_1

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