The Pattern of Researcher Network and Knowledge Sharing: Insights from the Case of Samsung Electronics

Abstract

Scholars have long studied Innovation and the factor which facilitate R&D. More recently, based on the perspective of knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer, many empirical studies have been conducted on information exchange among researchers, inflow and management of external knowledge, and factors that make knowledge transfer successful. However, few studies have explicitly identified and analyzed the individual researcher’s network, which is a path for transferring knowledge. In this paper, the patent application information filed in the U.S. is analyzed to explore the characteristics of the researcher network formed by the inventor. It is also clarified the relationship patterns among inventors which facilitate R&D performance focusing on Samsung Electronics.