Pathways from discovery to commercialisation: Using web sources to track small and medium-sized enterprise strategies in emerging nanotechnologies

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 981-995

  Youtie, Jan ^a   Hicks, Diana ^a   Shapira, Philip ^b   Horsley, Travis ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

commercialisation; innovation; nanotechnology; small and medium enterprise; strategy; web sources

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCIALIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 84867508339     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: 14653990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2012.724163     Document Type: Article

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