@inbook{0a34b4b01d1144978c01808664633cfe,
title = "Science and Technology Relatedness: The Case of DNA Nanoscience and DNA Nanotechnology",
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 relatedness 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.",
keywords = "Concept approach, DNA nanotechnology, Knowledge complementarity, Knowledge relatedness, Science and technology relatedness, Text-mining",
author = "La, {Hanh Luong} and Rudi Bekkers",
note = "Funding Information: Funding This study was funded by a Vietnamese Government scholarship for conducting Ph.D. studies abroad, according to Decision No. 1908, 30 May 2013, by the Ministry of Education and Training. Mrs. Hanh Luong La was the recipient of this scholarship. She also received the travel grant from the Eindhoven University of Technology to present the earlier version of the chapter at the ISS2018 conference in Seoul. ",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-84931-3_3",
language = "English",
series = "Economic Complexity and Evolution",
publisher = "Springer, Cham",
pages = "29--61",
editor = "Andreas Pyka and Keun Lee",
booktitle = "Innovation, Catch-up and Sustainable Development",
address = "Switzerland",
}