?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.2139%2Fssrn.2604702&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2758%2F&rft.title=The+interaction+%E2%80%98Supply%E2%80%99%2C+%E2%80%98Demand%E2%80%99%2C+and+%E2%80%98Technological+Capabilities%E2%80%99+in+terms+of+Medical+Subject+Headings%3A+A+triple+helix+model+of+medical+innovations&rft.creator=Petersen%2C+Alexander+M.&rft.creator=Rotolo%2C+D.&rft.creator=Leydesdorff%2C+L.&rft.subject=H+Social+Sciences+(General)&rft.subject=HA+Statistics&rft.subject=Q+Science+(General)&rft.description=We+develop+a+model+of+innovation+that+enables+us+to+trace+the+interplay+among+three+key+dimensions+of+the+innovation+process%3A+(i)+demand+of+and+(ii)+supply+for+innovation%2C+and+(iii)+technological+capabilities+available+to+generate+innovation+in+the+forms+of+products%2C+processes%2C+and+services.+Building+on+Triple+Helix+research%2C+we+use+entropy+statistics+to+elaborate+an+indicator+of+mutual+information+among+these+dimensions+that+can+provide+indication+of+reduction+of+uncertainty.+To+do+so%2C+we+focus+on+the+medical+context%2C+where+uncertainty+poses+significant+challenges+to+the+governance+of+innovation.+The+Medical+Subject+Headings+(MeSH)+of+MEDLINE%2FPubMed+provide+us+with+publication+records+classified+within+the+categories+%E2%80%9CDiseases%E2%80%9D+(C)%2C+%E2%80%9CDrugs+and+Chemicals%E2%80%9D+(D)%2C+%E2%80%9CAnalytic%2C+Diagnostic%2C+and+Therapeutic+Techniques+and+Equipment%E2%80%9D+(E)+as+knowledge+representations+of+demand%2C+supply%2C+and+technological+capabilities%2C+respectively.+Three+case-studies+of+medical+research+areas+are+used+as+representative+%E2%80%98entry+perspectives%E2%80%99+of+the+medical+innovation+process.+These+are%3A+(i)+Human+Papilloma+Virus%2C+(ii)+RNA+interference%2C+and+(iii)+Magnetic+Resonance+Imaging.+We+find+statistically+significant+periods+of+synergy+among+demand%2C+supply%2C+and+technological+capabilities+(C-D-E)+that+points+to+three-dimensional+interactions+as+a+fundamental+perspective+for+the+understanding+and+governance+of+the+uncertainty+associated+with+medical+innovation.+Among+the+pairwise+configurations+in+these+contexts%2C+the+demand-technological+capabilities+(C-E)+provided+the+strongest+link%2C+followed+by+the+supply-demand+(D-C)+and+the+supply-technological+capabilities+(D-E)+channels.&rft.publisher=SSRN&rft.date=2015-09&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2758%2F1%2FSSRN-id2604702.pdf&rft.identifier=++Petersen%2C+Alexander+M.+and+Rotolo%2C+D.+and+Leydesdorff%2C+L.++The+interaction+%E2%80%98Supply%E2%80%99%2C+%E2%80%98Demand%E2%80%99%2C+and+%E2%80%98Technological+Capabilities%E2%80%99+in+terms+of+Medical+Subject+Headings%3A+A+triple+helix+model+of+medical+innovations.++Working+Paper+++SSRN+++++++(Submitted)+++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fssrn.com%2Fabstract%3D2604702&rft.relation=10.2139%2Fssrn.2604702