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Research Article
Technological innovation assessment of business-to-business electronic marketplaces
Article first published online: 14 APR 2006
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20372
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Issue
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Volume 57, Issue 8, pages 1093–1104, June 2006
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How to Cite
Wu, Y.-C. J. and Liu, H.-P. (2006), Technological innovation assessment of business-to-business electronic marketplaces. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 57: 1093–1104. doi: 10.1002/asi.20372
Publication History
- Issue published online: 17 MAY 2006
- Article first published online: 14 APR 2006
- Manuscript Accepted: 10 JUN 2005
- Manuscript Revised: 23 MAY 2005
- Manuscript Received: 12 NOV 2004
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Abstract
Business opportunities created by the Internet economy and new business methods have triggered the development of the electronic or e-marketplace, and vice versa. To generate competitive new products/services, Internet firms need to have access to detailed technological innovations to compete. Despite the wealth of literature on e-marketplaces, research on patent analyses in e-marketplaces is scarce. The patent is a crucial indicator of the technological competitiveness of a company or a nation. This study provides a preliminary step in depicting a holistic picture of technological innovations associated with e-marketplace patents. This study analyzes patents issued during the period of 1990–2002 from major databases; hence, it provides the first empirical study on e-marketplaces and related innovations holistically. A comprehensive set of statistical patent analyses and a discussion on e-marketplaces' technology by means of a patent map analysis are presented.