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Growing Technological Relatedness to the ICT Industry and Its Impacts

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  • Subrahmanyam Aditya Karanam

    (Department of Information Systems and Analytics, School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117417)

  • Deepa Mani

    (Information Systems, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Telangana 500111, India)

  • Rajib L. Saha

    (Information Systems, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Telangana 500111, India)

Abstract

We create an intersectoral citation network using 1.3 million patents granted between 1981 and 2010 across all industries in the United States. In this network space, we find a significant increase over time in the proximity of non–information and communication technologies (ICT) industries to the ICT industry. Such “ICT-closeness” of an industry relates to a significant increase in the proportion of ICT technologies in the industry’s patent portfolio and complementarity between ICT and non-ICT patents in its portfolio. We hypothesize and find that ICT-Closeness has a significant positive impact on innovation outcomes of the citing industry, including innovative efficiency, recombinant capabilities, and creation of new products, services, and business methods. ICT-closeness also engenders hypercompetition in the citing industries, as reflected in greater winner-take-all dynamics and turbulence. Our results point to a paradigm shift in knowledge production, and in turn, sources of competitive value across diverse industries.

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  • Subrahmanyam Aditya Karanam & Deepa Mani & Rajib L. Saha, 2025. "Growing Technological Relatedness to the ICT Industry and Its Impacts," Information Systems Research, INFORMS, vol. 36(1), pages 344-369, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orisre:v:36:y:2025:i:1:p:344-369
    DOI: 10.1287/isre.2020.0627
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