Perceived technology clusters and ownership of related technologies: the case of consumer electronics

We contribute to the understanding of how technologies may be perceived to be part of technology clusters. The value added of the paper is both at a theoretical and empirical level. We add to the theoretical understanding of technology clusters by distinguishing between clusters in perceptions and clusters in ownership and by proposing a mechanism to explain the existence of clusters. Our empirical analysis combines qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate clusters of consumer electronics for a sample of Dutch consumers. We find that perceived clusters in consumer electronics are mostly determined by functional linkages and that perceived technology clusters are good predictors of ownership clusters, but only for less widely diffused products.Technology clusters, consumer electronics, innovation

Consumer electronics : 2001

Current industrial report. Contains annual data for consumer electronics produced in the United State

Consumer electronics : 2007

Current industrial report. Contains annual data for consumer electronics produced in the United State

Consumer electronics : 2010

Current industrial report. Contains annual data for consumer electronics produced in the United State

Consumer electronics : 2000

Current industrial report. Contains annual data for consumer electronics produced in the United State

Consumer electronics : 1998

Current industrial report. Contains annual data for consumer electronics produced in the United State

Sales Distribution of Consumer Electronics

Using the uniform most powerful unbiased test, we observed the sales distribution of consumer electronics in Japan on a daily basis and report that it follows both a lognormal distribution and a power-law distribution and depends on the state of the market. We show that these switches occur quite often. The underlying sales dynamics found between both periods nicely matched a multiplicative process. However, even though the multiplicative term in the process displays a size-dependent relationship when a steady lognormal distribution holds, it shows a size-independent relationship when the power-law distribution holds. This difference in the underlying dynamics is responsible for the difference in the two observed distributions

Consumer electronics : 2005

Current industrial report. Contains annual data for consumer electronics produced in the United State