Abstract
MOT (Management of Technology) is defined as an academic discipline of management that enables organizations to manage their technological fundamentals to create competitive advantage. MOT covers a wide range of contents including administrative strategy, R&D management, manufacturing management, technology transfer, production control, marketing, accounting, finance, business ethics, and others. MOT research has been conducted at various levels for each kind of these contents. This made it difficult to understand an overall picture of the MOT research field. Finding research trends in MOT is useful for understanding the key concepts of current MOT. This paper studied spontaneously arising research trends, or bottom-up trends, in MOT by applying a text-mining method to the conference proceedings of IAMOT (International Association for Management of Technology). It was found that the use of a keyword representing a bottom-up research trend has qualitatively and quantitatively extended over time. Finally, we detected a change in the research stream and discussed the effects of the social situation on the research trend.
