A model for national planning under new roles for government: Case study of the National Iranian Nanotechnology Initiative

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-249

  Ghazinoory, Sepehr ^a   Mirzaei, Saber ^b   Ghazinoori, Soroush ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Biotechnology Department   (Iran)

^c ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; MODELING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL PLANNING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 69949155702     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234209X427095     Document Type: Article

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