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Making It to the Forefront

Nanotechnology—A Developing Country Perspective

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Neslihan Aydogan-Duda

    1. Walker Center for Global Entrepreneurshi, Glendale, USA

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  • Features an international group of authors
  • Analyzes the particular challenges and opportunities of nanotechnology emergence and management in the developing world
  • Contains case studies from Turkey, Latin America, India, China, and Iran, and a comparison with the development of the industry in the United states
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management (ITKM, volume 14)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Nanotechnology: A Descriptive Account

    • Neslihan Aydogan-Duda
    Pages 1-7

  3. Diffusion of Nanotechnology and the External Environment

    • Neslihan Aydogan-Duda
    Pages 9-27

  4. Tough Road to Take: Collaboration in the Nanotechnology Sector

    • Neslihan Aydogan-Duda
    Pages 29-34

  5. Education, Science and Technology in Developing Countries

    • Neslihan Aydogan-Duda
    Pages 35-40

  6. Business Environment, Innovation Culture, and Technology Clusters in Developing Countries

    • Neslihan Aydogan-Duda
    Pages 41-46

  7. Knowledge Economy: Why Is It So Important for Developing Nations

    • Neslihan Aydogan-Duda
    Pages 47-52

  8. Nanotechnology in Turkey

    • Neslihan Aydogan-Duda
    Pages 53-61

  9. Nanotechnology in Brazil

    • Neslihan Aydogan-Duda
    Pages 63-67

  10. Nanotechnology in Argentina

    • Neslihan Aydogan-Duda
    Pages 69-75

  11. Nanotechnology in China

    • Neslihan Aydogan-Duda
    Pages 77-84

  12. Iran and Nanotechnology: A New Experience of on Time Entry

    • Sepehr Ghazinoory, Fatemeh Salehi Yazdi, Ali Mohammad Soltani
    Pages 85-108

  13. Nanotechnology in India: Inferring Links Between Emerging Technologies and Development

    • Vrishali Subramanian, Thomas S. Woodson, Susan Cozzens
    Pages 109-124

  14. The Distinctive Dynamics of Nanotechnology in Developing Nations

    • Susan Cozzens
    Pages 125-138

  15. Retrospective View of the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative

    • Craig Boardman, Catherine P. Slade, Barry Bozeman
    Pages 139-159

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 161-164
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About this book

Nanotechnology, as shortly described as the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale, is one of the most dynamic and promising industries, receiving a great deal of attention from researchers, business leaders, investors, and policymakers around the world.  In Making It to the Forefront, Nesli Aydogan-Duda has assembled a distinguished group of authors to analyze the particular challenges and opportunities of nanotechnology emergence and management in the developing world.  In so doing, they address the issues from several angles, ranging from cultural issues to capital markets, industrial clusters to government policy and legal structure. Drawing from in-depth research and case studies in Turkey, Latin America, India, China, and Iran, and a comparison with the development of the industry in the United states, the authors present a cross-cultural approach, with particular emphasis on the strategic nature of the nanotechnology industry for economic development, consumer welfare, andhomeland security.  Among the topics they consider are the importance of knowledge transfer from universities to the market and, more generally, the interface between science and its commercialization—and the institutional infrastructure that is necessary to maximize the potential of science and technology. In doing so, the authors provide unprecedented theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of nanotechnology, and, more generally, insight into the complex business, political, and cultural environment that must be established in order for such an industry to thrive in the context of a developing country.

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  • Walker Center for Global Entrepreneurshi, Glendale, USA

    Neslihan Aydogan-Duda

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