Meyer, Martin (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 01389130

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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
Schools and Departments:	School of Business, Management and Economics > Business and Management
Subjects:	Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z0665 Library Science. Information Science
Depositing User:	Martin Meyer
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 19:08
Last Modified:	05 Oct 2012 14:56
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/19398

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