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Science and Technology Relatedness: The Case of DNA Nanoscience and DNA Nanotechnology

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Abstract

The relatedness between knowledge components within the science domain is widely discussed in the economic, innovation, and management literature. The same is true for the technology domain. Yet, the relatedness between knowledge components across these knowledge domains has received considerably less attention. This chapter aims to introduce the concept of knowledge relatedness between science and technology (S&T), which have been disentangled as two distinct corpora. We approach S&T relatedness from two perspectives: content relatedness (with four indicators: similarity, complementarity, commonality, difference) and temporal relatedness. We then test our ideas with novel empirical material from the field of DNA nanoscience and DNA nanotechnology. We find that the related- ness between S&T scores relatively low, which may explain the relative lack of commercial activity in this field. In light of their indirect complementarity, we recommend that funding “bridging areas” could lead to simultaneous progress in S&T.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInnovation, Catch-up and Sustainable Development
Subtitle of host publicationA Schumpeterian Perspective
EditorsAndreas Pyka, Keun Lee
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Chapter3
Pages29-61
Number of pages33
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-84931-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-84930-6, 978-3-030-84933-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Nov 2021

Publication series

NameEconomic Complexity and Evolution (ECAE)
PublisherSprinter
ISSN (Print)2199-3173
ISSN (Electronic)2199-3181

Keywords

  • Science and technology relatedness
  • Knowledge relatedness
  • Knowledge complementarity
  • Concept approach
  • Text-mining
  • DNA nanotechnology

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