文档介绍:Technovation 26 (2006) 288–299
ate/technovation
Management of technology: themes, concepts and relationships
Alan Pilkingtona,*, Thorsten Teichertb,1
aSchool of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
bInstitut fu¨r Handel und Marketing II—Marketing und Innovation Universita¨t Hamburg, Von-Melle-Park 5 20146, Hamburg
Abstract
In this paper, bibliometric (co-citation analysis) and work analysis techniques are used to investigate the intellectual pillars of the
technology management literature as reported in Technovation. Network analysis tools are also used to show that the research agenda of
scholars from different parts of the world differ substantially from each other, and it is argued that such differences may have exacerbated the
delays experienced in developing technology management as a respected academic discipline.
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Keywords: Technology management; Bibliometric techniques; Factor analysis; Co-citation; Citation analysis; work analysis
1. Introduction plots the roots of TM back to the philosophical writings of
Francis Bacon’s 17th century ideas concerning an-
Over the last two decades technology management (TM) ization of inquiry and also discusses the significance of the
has gradually established itself as an academic discipline. engineering perspective and its associate