@article{c9aa1c2011c14d2caa6cbb150f179ae1,
title = "Understanding the emergence and deployment of {"}nano{"} S&T",
abstract = "As an introduction to the special issue on {"}emerging nanotechnologies{"}, this paper puts in perspective contemporary debates and challenges about nanotechnology. It presents an overview of diverse analyses and expectations about this presumably revolutionary set of technological, scientific and industrial developments. Three main lines of argument can then be delineated: first of all, the degree of cumulativeness of science and technologies and the respective roles of newcomers and incumbents in the industrial dynamics; second the knowledge dynamics in nanotechnologies, especially the linkages by science and technology and third the role of institutions (network, geographic agglomeration and job market). It finally discusses methodologies to delineate the field of nanotechnologies and to collect data.",
keywords = "Industrial dynamics, Institution, Nanotechnology, Science policy",
author = "Barry Bozeman and Philippe Laredo and Vincent Mangematin",
note = "Funding Information: When a field is fluid and crossing numerous borders (physics, chemistry, biosciences, and engineering), analysts face special challenges in capturing the field's dynamics. This is visible in this issue where five of the seven papers propose different delineations of the codified nanotechnology knowledge base (papers and patents). Other delineations have been produced recently ( Noyons et al., 2003 ) or Kostoff et al. (2006a,b) . Similar efforts are being presently undertaken by the National Science Foundation center at Arizona State University (with a team headed by D. Guston) and companion work at Georgia Institute of Technology Tech (with a team headed by P. Shapira) and work headed by Zucker (“nanobank” project). On the methodological side, Zitt (2005) has investigated citation-based methods to test the relevance of approaches based on keywords. This citation-based approach faces two strong limitations because of the time lag associated with the use of citations (an important issue when the field is both fluid and fast growing) and because of institutional aspects (linked to conditions of use of the WoS). This is why Mogoutov and Kahane (2007) propose a complementary approach fully based on keyword analysis which enables periodic updating, including the appearance of new keywords and associated with an open space to organise enrichment. 6",
year = "2007",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.respol.2007.02.010",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "36",
pages = "807--812",
journal = "Research Policy",
issn = "0048-7333",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "6",
}