Network characteristics and patent value-Evidence from the Light-Emitting Diode industry

PLoS One. 2017 Aug 17;12(8):e0181988. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181988. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

This study proposes a different angle to social network analysis that evaluates patent value and explores its influencing factors using the network centrality and network position. This study utilizes a logistic regression model to explore the relationships in the LED industry between patent value and network centrality as measured from out-degree centrality, in-degree centrality, in-closeness centrality, and network position, which is measured from effect size. The empirical result shows that out-degree centrality and in-degree centrality have significant positive effects on patent value and that effect size has a significant negative effect on patent value.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Industry*
  • Models, Statistical
  • Patents as Topic*
  • Social Networking*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71403191), the Humanity and Social Science Youth foundation of Ministry of Education of China (13YJC630222), and the Key Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences Research of Ministry of Education of China (14JZD017).