Title: Mapping the technology and innovation management literature using hybrid bibliometric networks

Authors: Fabian Meyer-Brötz; Birgit Stelzer; Edgar Schiebel; Leo Brecht

Addresses: Institute of Technology and Process Management, University of Ulm, Helmholtzstraße 22, 89081 Ulm, Germany ' Institute of Technology and Process Management, University of Ulm, Helmholtzstraße 22, 89081 Ulm, Germany ' Innovation Systems Department, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Donau City Straße 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria ' Institute of Technology and Process Management, University of Ulm, Helmholtzstraße 22, 89081 Ulm, Germany

Abstract: During the past few decades, the body of literature attributed to technology and innovation management (TIM) has significantly increased and diversified. To map the scientific evolution of this subject, we analysed more than 12,000 articles published between 2000 and 2014. We used a hybrid similarity measure combining bibliographic coupling and textual information to create bibliometric networks and to cluster the literature on TIM. Compared with prior bibliometric studies in the field, we examined a larger data sample, analysed the most recent publications, and identified the latest research fronts. Conclusively, we illustrated in a flowchart the evolution of the TIM landscape during five three-year periods. In this article, we describe in detail six latest research fronts and their evolution. Furthermore, we discuss the thematic differences of TIM specialty journals in contrast to strategic management journals.

Keywords: bibliometrics; innovation management; technology management; hybrid similarity; research fronts; bibliographic coupling; textual similarities; knowledge management; innovative capabilities; technological transitions; quantitative literature review.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2018.092973

International Journal of Technology Management, 2018 Vol.77 No.4, pp.235 - 286

Received: 29 Apr 2016
Accepted: 21 Jan 2017
Published online: 04 Jul 2018 *

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