Unveiling technological innovation in hospitality and tourism through patent data: Development perspective and competition landscaping

dc.contributor.authorKim, Hyoeunen
dc.contributor.authorYoon, Junhoen
dc.contributor.authorNicolau, Juan Luisen
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-09T14:59:58Zen
dc.date.available2024-07-09T14:59:58Zen
dc.date.issued2023-05-01en
dc.description.abstractThis study fills a gap in the literature by focusing on hospitality and tourism technology development (supply-side perspective) rather than technological adoption (demand-side perspective). Drawing on US patent data, we focus on three main technology areas: travel agencies, hotels and restaurants, and online reservations. With a dataset of 88,344 patents granted to 13,696 assignees since 1966, we study hospitality and tourism-related technologies under the three fields. Using the machine learning-based text analytics, we analyze the classes of patents invented in each sector. We also map technological competition landscapes in the three domains in terms of innovation quality (PageRank centrality) and quantity (patent volume) and discover leading/following firms.en
dc.description.versionAccepted versionen
dc.format.extent14 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierARTN 103478 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2023.103478en
dc.identifier.eissn1873-4693en
dc.identifier.issn0278-4319en
dc.identifier.orcidNicolau Gonzalbez, Juan [0000-0003-0048-2823]en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/120612en
dc.identifier.volume111en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectTechnology innovationen
dc.subjectPatenten
dc.subjectCompetitor mappingen
dc.subjectResource-based theoryen
dc.subjectMachine learningen
dc.titleUnveiling technological innovation in hospitality and tourism through patent data: Development perspective and competition landscapingen
dc.title.serialInternational Journal of Hospitality Managementen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-04-01en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Businessen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/Hospitality and Tourism Managementen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/PCOB T&R Facultyen

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