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What do we know about Innovation in Nanotechnology? Some Propositions about an Emerging field between Hype and Path-dependency

Meyer, Martin S. (2007) What do we know about Innovation in Nanotechnology? Some Propositions about an Emerging field between Hype and Path-dependency. Scientometrics, 70 (3). pp. 779-810. ISSN 0138-9130. (doi:10.1007/s11192-007-0312-4) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:33693)

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Abstract

This contribution formulates a number of propositions about the emergence of novel nanoscience and nanotechnology (N&N). Seeking to complement recent work that aims to define a research agenda and draws on general insights from the innovation literature, this paper aims to synthesize knowledge from innovation-related studies of the N&N field. More specifically, it is suggested that N&N is often misconstrued as either a field of technology or an area of (broadly) converging technologies while evidence to date suggests rather that N&N be considered a set of inter-related and overlapping about not necessarily merging technologies. The role of instrumentation in connecting the various N&N fields is underlined. Finally, the question is raised whether change in N&N tends to be incremental rather than discontinuous, being the result of technological path-dependencies and lock-ins in industry-typical search regimes that are only slowly giving way to more boundary-crossing activities.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s11192-007-0312-4
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Kent Business School (do not use)
Depositing User: Martin Meyer
Date Deposited: 25 Apr 2013 11:10 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:11 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/33693 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Meyer, Martin S..

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