{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3003690520","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2020.2966171","title":"Exploring Technology Evolution Pathways to Facilitate Technology Management: From a Technology Life Cycle Perspective","display_name":"Exploring Technology Evolution Pathways to Facilitate Technology Management: From a Technology Life Cycle Perspective","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-01-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3003690520","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2020.2966171","mag":"3003690520"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tem.2020.2966171","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2020.2966171","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154533451","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","issn_l":"0018-9391","issn":["0018-9391","1558-0040"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001841464","display_name":"Ying Huang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0115-4581"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I37461747","display_name":"Wuhan University","ror":"https://ror.org/033vjfk17","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I37461747"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99464096","display_name":"KU Leuven","ror":"https://ror.org/05f950310","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99464096"]}],"countries":["BE","CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Ying Huang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department MSI, Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium","School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department MSI, Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99464096"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I37461747"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5038755082","display_name":"Fujin Zhu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8089-4769"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I114017466","display_name":"University of Technology Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/03f0f6041","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I114017466"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I125839683","display_name":"Beijing Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01skt4w74","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I125839683","https://openalex.org/I890469752"]}],"countries":["AU","CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fujin Zhu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia","School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I114017466"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I125839683"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5019651281","display_name":"Alan L. Porter","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4520-6518"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130701444","display_name":"Georgia Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01zkghx44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210133358","display_name":"Search","ror":"https://ror.org/03f78hn46","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210133358"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alan L. Porter","raw_affiliation_strings":["Program in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA","Search Technology, Inc., Norcross, GA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Program in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Search Technology, Inc., Norcross, GA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210133358"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100388218","display_name":"Yi Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7731-0301"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I114017466","display_name":"University of Technology Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/03f0f6041","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I114017466"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yi Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I114017466"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102015229","display_name":"Donghua Zhu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7712-4867"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I125839683","display_name":"Beijing Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01skt4w74","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I125839683","https://openalex.org/I890469752"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Donghua Zhu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China","School of Management & Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I125839683"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Management & Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I125839683"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100723620","display_name":"Ying Guo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9846-9875"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177955009","display_name":"China University of Political Science and Law","ror":"https://ror.org/00e49gy82","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177955009"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ying Guo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Business School, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China","[Business School China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China]"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Business School, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177955009"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"[Business School China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China]","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177955009"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":4,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5001841464"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I37461747","https://openalex.org/I99464096"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":6.8087,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":46,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9653803,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"68","issue":"5","first_page":"1347","last_page":"1359"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10856","display_name":"Intellectual Property and Patents","score":0.9965000152587891,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10856","display_name":"Intellectual Property and Patents","score":0.9965000152587891,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14143","display_name":"Economic and Technological Innovation","score":0.9897000193595886,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10003","display_name":"Innovation and Knowledge Management","score":0.9818999767303467,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/modularity","display_name":"Modularity (biology)","score":0.6078677773475647},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.5537291765213013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/trace","display_name":"TRACE (psycholinguistics)","score":0.5493410229682922},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5300588011741638},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.5254829525947571},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technology-management","display_name":"Technology management","score":0.4306362271308899},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technological-evolution","display_name":"Technological evolution","score":0.4240334630012512},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.40953555703163147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.3942740559577942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.1344171166419983}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779478453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6889748","display_name":"Modularity (biology)","level":2,"score":0.6078677773475647},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.5537291765213013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75291252","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1315756","display_name":"TRACE (psycholinguistics)","level":2,"score":0.5493410229682922},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5300588011741638},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.5254829525947571},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143219415","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1417293","display_name":"Technology management","level":2,"score":0.4306362271308899},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104745612","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1756507","display_name":"Technological evolution","level":2,"score":0.4240334630012512},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.40953555703163147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.3942740559577942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.1344171166419983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54355233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162","display_name":"Genetics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tem.2020.2966171","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2020.2966171","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154533451","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","issn_l":"0018-9391","issn":["0018-9391","1558-0040"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:opus.lib.uts.edu.au:10453/150101","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10453/150101","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401357","display_name":"UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I114017466","host_organization_name":"University of Technology Sydney","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I114017466"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.4000000059604645,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G192517630","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"71874013","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G24821090","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"71403055","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5036513869","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"1759960","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335353","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6495603276","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"DE190100994","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334704","funder_display_name":"Australian Research Council"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320312071","display_name":"Ministry of Education, Libya","ror":"https://ror.org/02w030k33"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334704","display_name":"Australian Research Council","ror":"https://ror.org/05mmh0f86"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335353","display_name":"National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka","ror":"https://ror.org/010xaa060"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335787","display_name":"Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":66,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W170821200","https://openalex.org/W200325939","https://openalex.org/W1498088266","https://openalex.org/W1501370240","https://openalex.org/W1509408769","https://openalex.org/W1594158597","https://openalex.org/W1778050798","https://openalex.org/W1835921199","https://openalex.org/W1868866275","https://openalex.org/W1963493147","https://openalex.org/W1973339490","https://openalex.org/W1978467004","https://openalex.org/W1980216394","https://openalex.org/W1980660883","https://openalex.org/W1982661659","https://openalex.org/W1984567472","https://openalex.org/W1987337578","https://openalex.org/W1995200506","https://openalex.org/W2000039169","https://openalex.org/W2000525615","https://openalex.org/W2003575784","https://openalex.org/W2016157888","https://openalex.org/W2020762912","https://openalex.org/W2039102902","https://openalex.org/W2042646962","https://openalex.org/W2043123562","https://openalex.org/W2050605698","https://openalex.org/W2056909456","https://openalex.org/W2057938171","https://openalex.org/W2059503205","https://openalex.org/W2062290899","https://openalex.org/W2067499542","https://openalex.org/W2068960108","https://openalex.org/W2069433056","https://openalex.org/W2071249181","https://openalex.org/W2076252304","https://openalex.org/W2085591755","https://openalex.org/W2092893681","https://openalex.org/W2108550321","https://openalex.org/W2115787744","https://openalex.org/W2116410298","https://openalex.org/W2126094488","https://openalex.org/W2143499809","https://openalex.org/W2144836956","https://openalex.org/W2155046806","https://openalex.org/W2166951268","https://openalex.org/W2171702311","https://openalex.org/W2184025416","https://openalex.org/W2225399210","https://openalex.org/W2260466180","https://openalex.org/W2294895850","https://openalex.org/W2423504418","https://openalex.org/W2512528730","https://openalex.org/W2531946032","https://openalex.org/W2578796598","https://openalex.org/W2586718163","https://openalex.org/W2901575310","https://openalex.org/W2912356129","https://openalex.org/W2917942057","https://openalex.org/W2951709229","https://openalex.org/W3123401969","https://openalex.org/W4255185565","https://openalex.org/W4291733759","https://openalex.org/W6630006327","https://openalex.org/W6686183913","https://openalex.org/W6759060458"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4230687177","https://openalex.org/W1968829728","https://openalex.org/W2349859869","https://openalex.org/W4316651471","https://openalex.org/W3120118008","https://openalex.org/W2051365847","https://openalex.org/W2367249529","https://openalex.org/W4207077620","https://openalex.org/W2013259824","https://openalex.org/W2373744154"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Technological":[0],"innovation":[1,210],"is":[2,73,78],"a":[3,25,32,50,63,102,111,120,158,193],"dynamic":[4],"process":[5],"that":[6,29,79,84],"spans":[7],"the":[8,36,42,67,86,89,92,99,164,172,176,188,205],"life":[9],"cycle":[10],"of":[11,44,101,113,130,166,192,208],"an":[12],"idea,":[13],"from":[14],"scientific":[15],"research":[16,194],"to":[17,38,96,118,163,171,200],"production.":[18],"Within":[19],"this":[20,59,76,151,184],"process,":[21],"there":[22],"are":[23],"often":[24],"few":[26],"key":[27,46,198],"innovations":[28,47],"significantly":[30],"impact":[31],"technology's":[33,68,103],"development,":[34],"and":[35,40,55,88,137,196],"ability":[37],"identify":[39],"trace":[41,187],"development":[43,190],"these":[45],"comes":[48],"with":[49,153],"great":[51],"payoff":[52],"for":[53,65],"researchers":[54],"technology":[56],"managers.":[57],"In":[58],"article,":[60],"we":[61,80,126],"present":[62],"framework":[64,77],"identifying":[66],"main":[69,131,140,189],"evolutionary":[70],"pathway.":[71],"What":[72],"unique":[74],"about":[75,110],"introduce":[81],"new":[82],"indicators":[83],"reflect":[85],"connectivity":[87],"modularity":[90],"in":[91,175],"interior":[93],"citation":[94,123],"network":[95],"distinguish":[97,197],"between":[98],"stages":[100,207],"development.":[104],"We":[105,149],"also":[106],"show":[107,182],"how":[108,183],"information":[109],"family":[112],"patents":[114],"can":[115,186],"be":[116],"used":[117],"build":[119],"comprehensive":[121],"patent":[122],"network.":[124],"Finally,":[125],"apply":[127],"integrated":[128],"approaches":[129],"path":[132],"analysis":[133],"(MPA)-namely":[134],"global":[135,138],"MPA":[136],"key-route":[139],"analysis-for":[141],"extracting":[142],"technological":[143,147,206],"trajectories":[144],"at":[145],"different":[146],"stages.":[148],"illustrate":[150],"approach":[152,185],"dye-sensitized":[154],"solar":[155,160,168],"cells":[156],"(DSSCs),":[157],"low-cost":[159],"cell":[161],"belonging":[162],"group":[165],"thin-film":[167],"cells,":[169],"contributing":[170],"remarkable":[173],"growth":[174],"renewable":[177],"energy":[178],"industry.":[179],"The":[180],"results":[181],"trajectory":[191],"field":[195],"technologies":[199],"help":[201],"decision":[202],"makers":[203],"manage":[204],"their":[209],"processes":[211],"more":[212],"effectively.":[213]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-04-05T17:49:38.594831","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}