Policy and concentration of activities: The case of Dutch nanotechnology

Author

Werker, Claudia ; Cunningham, Scott

Author_Institution

Dept. of TPM (Econ. of Innovation), Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands

fYear

2011

fDate

15-17 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

27

Abstract

Geographical concentration of economic activities has been widely discussed. However, the insights into other kinds of concentration such as technological and organizational concentration have been scarce. Here, we analyze organizational, technological and geographical concentration of nanotechnology activities in the Netherlands. We discuss our results in the light of the Dutch strategy to concentrate nanotechnology research organizationally, technologically and geographically during the last decade. Currently, this strategy is successful but will only be so if it remains open to changes in the technology itself and its environment.

Keywords

nanotechnology; organisational aspects; research and development; Dutch nanotechnology; Dutch strategy; Netherlands; economic activities; geographical concentration; nanotechnology activities; nanotechnology research; organizational concentration; technological concentration; Nanotechnology; Concentration; collaborations; nanotechnology; the Netherlands;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Science and Innovation Policy, 2011 Atlanta Conference on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

2159-189X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1390-3

Electronic_ISBN

2159-189X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSIP.2011.6064495

Filename

6064495