Abstract
Despite the calls for a broader methodological base, the
technology management and the forecasting literature
remain short of studies synthesising quantitative and
qualitative methods. This paper addresses this gap by
employing a mixed method approach to study the case of
Taxol, a revolutionary drug developed to fight ovarian
and breast cancer. The paper shows in detail how a data
mining-based network model can be synthesised with
qualitatively created event narrative to understand the
development of a technology and its ecosystem. As a
result, the paper shows an npartite network of Taxol drug
ecosystem containing over 4,000 nodes and 11,000 edges.
The network enables decision makers to understand the
process, interaction of actors and lock-in mechanism in
the process of technological development.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 1740011 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | International Journal of Innovation Management |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
| Event | ISPIM Innovation Conference 2017: Composing the Innovation Symphony - Vienna, Austria Duration: 18 Jun 2017 → 21 Jun 2017 |
Keywords
- innovation ecosystem
- mixed methods
- taxol
- technology analysis
