A Conceptual Framework to Advance Insights of the Roles of Expertise and Research Technologies in Innovation

Sandra Barbosu and Florenta Teodoridis
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Sandra Barbosu: New York University
Florenta Teodoridis: University of Southern California

Chapter Chapter 4 in Catalysts of Discovery, 2025, pp 31-38 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter introduces a conceptual framework for assessing the potential benefits of research technologies in the innovation process. The framework examines five key attributes: the type of knowledge embedded, the ability to facilitate collaboration, the impact on effort exertion, the technology’s ease of use, and its monetary cost. It highlights how these attributes shape the costs and benefits for scientists engaging with the technologies. By doing so, the framework provides a foundation for identifying the conditions that enable scientists to maximize the benefits of research technologies for the rate and direction of innovation.

Keywords: Knowledge space; Breadth of knowledge; Depth of knowledge; Knowledge distance; Knowledge recombination; Effort cost; Collaboration cost; Technology embedded knowledge; Collaboration technology; Technology ease of use; Monetary cost; Acquisition cost; Access cost; Technology attributes; Human capital; Conceptual framework; Research technology attributes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-98341-2_4

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