Open AccessForecasting technology trends based on separation of product inventions and process inventions: The technology S-curve
Author(s) -
Koji Masuda,
Shigeko Haruyama
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1034/1/012123
Subject(s) - product (mathematics) , process (computing) , product innovation , new product development , manufacturing engineering , sustainability , set (abstract data type) , business , industrial organization , computer science , engineering , marketing , mathematics , ecology , geometry , biology , operating system , programming language
This study examines a method of categorising inventions into product inventions and process inventions. Corporate research and development (R&D) projects must be set up to create innovation so that companies can grow sustainably. The visualisation of market and technology trends can help companies develop competitive strategies. To investigate technology trends, the projector is selected as a product for analysis. The technology S-curve is drawn from the perspectives of ‘Product’ and ‘Process’. There is a gap in the rise time and an observable difference in shape between the curves of product inventions and process inventions.