Nanotech cluster in Nuevo León, Mexico: Reflections on its social significance

Nanotechnology Law and Business

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-59

  Lau, Edgar Zayago ^a  

^a Autonomous University   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN RESOURCES; LABOR MARKETS; ME-XICO; REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IMPLICATION; SOCIAL NEEDS;

EMPLOYMENT;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79956270139     PISSN: 15462080     EISSN: 15462080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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