KNOWLEDGE SEARCHING BEHAVIOR IN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INDUSTRY

摘要

This paper aims to explore knowledge searching patterns through patenting behavior of firms in the field of LCD technology and address the questions how different sources of knowledge searching and knowledge ages influence a firm's ability to generate domain impacts. Controlling for patent counts, the study provides three evidences for knowledge searching behavior in the liquid crystal display industry. First, the knowledge of organizational origin searched will be negatively related to the domain impact. Second, the technological proximate knowledge is positively related to the domain impact. Finally, the age of knowledge searched is negatively related to the innovation performance.