Research Trend of Technology Management

Abstract

Many business organizations are eager to continually create innovation and contributeto the society. For this purpose, companies should not only pursue the leading-edge technologybut also understand the nature of technology and manage their technological fundamentalsto create competitive advantage. Management of Technology (MOT) is a typical research fieldfor this issue. MOT covers many contents including administrative strategy, R&D management,manufacturing management, production control, marketing, accounting, finance, intellectualproperty strategy, business ethics, and others. By applying a text-mining method to theconference proceedings of IAMOT (International Association for Management of Technology),this study examines the research trends in MOT, detects a change in them that have occurredover time, and finally considers the effects of the social situation on academic research.