Martínez-Ardila Hugo, Corredor-Clavijo Angie, Rojas-Castellanos Vivian Del Pilar, Contreras Orlando, Lesmes Juan Camilo
Research Group on Management of Technological Innovation and Knowledge - Innotec, Escuela de Estudios Industriales y Empresariales - EEIE, Universidad Industrial de Santander-UIS, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Finance & Management Research Group, Escuela de Estudios Industriales y Empresariales - EEIE, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Heliyon. 2022 Nov 22;8(11):e11781. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11781. eCollection 2022 Nov.
The citrus agro-industry is one of the world's most important agricultural sectors. The Persian lime is one of six citrus fruit groups with economic significance. The technological lifecycle of Persian lime sector is assessed in this study using the growth S-curve approach. The objective is to depict the technology life cycle trajectory and current stage of the Persian lime citrus fruit, as well as each of its value chain phases, in order to facilitate better decision-making and technological strategies. The study uses technological patents collected from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) database from 1975 to 2009. The S-curve model of Persian lime and its value chain stages is generated using logistic mathematical regression. According to the findings of this study, Persian lime is in the maturity stage of the technology life cycle. As a result, the primary strategy could be cost reduction, process innovation, and price strategies to capitalize on market opportunities. When compared to other value chain phases, the transformation phase has the highest number of patents according to the value chain analysis and it is the unique value chain phase with statistical significance in the model. The transformation phase is also at the maturity stage of the technology life cycle. This creates opportunities in two ways: first, to adopt previously developed technologies in the transformation phase and improve process efficiency to reduce costs; and second, to reinforce innovative technological efforts in other phases of the Persian lime value chain, such as growth, harvest, or post-harvest.
柑橘农业产业是世界上最重要的农业部门之一。波斯青柠是具有经济意义的六大柑橘类水果之一。本研究采用增长S曲线方法评估波斯青柠产业的技术生命周期。目的是描绘波斯青柠柑橘类水果及其价值链各阶段的技术生命周期轨迹和当前阶段，以便于做出更好的决策和制定技术战略。该研究使用了从世界知识产权组织（WIPO）数据库收集的1975年至2009年的技术专利。通过逻辑数学回归生成了波斯青柠及其价值链阶段的S曲线模型。根据本研究的结果，波斯青柠处于技术生命周期的成熟阶段。因此，主要策略可以是降低成本、流程创新和价格策略，以利用市场机会。根据价值链分析，与其他价值链阶段相比，加工阶段的专利数量最多，并且它是模型中具有统计显著性的独特价值链阶段。加工阶段也处于技术生命周期的成熟阶段。这以两种方式创造了机会：第一，在加工阶段采用先前开发的技术并提高流程效率以降低成本；第二，加强波斯青柠价值链其他阶段（如生长、收获或采后）的创新技术努力。
