In an open innovation environment, to effectively seek and acquire external knowledge sources and promote organisational innovation, it is necessary to understand the distribution structure and evolution characteristics of global innovators. Using the perspective of knowledge characteristics of innovators and their knowledge relationships, this paper adopts a patent coupling analysis approach and proposes an analysis content framework and corresponding procedures. We take the flat panel display industry as an example and investigate the overall distribution structure, individual technology characteristics and evolution of the Top 60 innovators in three stages. The research findings revealed the overall distribution groups (subfields) and the evolution of the primary global innovators, their individual technology characteristics and their technology innovation strategies. This study provides firms with valuable references with which to analyse external knowledge sources, manage R&D cooperation and determine technological innovation strategies.

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基于专利耦合分析的全球创新者分布结构和演进：平板显示器产业研究

在开放的创新环境中，为了有效地寻找和获取外部知识资源并促进组织创新，有必要了解全球创新者的分布结构和演化特征。从创新者的知识特征及其知识关系的角度出发，本文采用专利耦合分析的方法，提出了分析内容的框架和相应的程序。我们以平板显示器行业为例，从三个阶段研究前60名创新者的总体分布结构，个性化技术特征和演变。研究发现揭示了整体分销群体（子领域）和主要的全球创新者的发展，他们各自的技术特征和技术创新策略。这项研究为公司提供了宝贵的参考，可以用来分析外部知识资源，管理研发合作并确定技术创新策略。