Introduction to the section 'Nanotechnology Policy'

摘要

This special section is the result of a call for papers sponsored by the Technology Forecasting and Social change. It combined efforts from The University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management, The Mesa+ institute and the Nikos Center of Knowledge Based Entrepreneurship at the University of Twente and Sandia National Laboratories. The section is comprised of seven papers which focus on many differing elements of National and Regional Nanotechnology Policy. The initial paper examines national and regional nanotechnology policy differences between developed and developing countries. The second effort reviews follow on effort of a national initiative. The third work reviews nanotechnology patenting on a country basis giving one indication of the effectiveness of a countries national policy. The authors of the fourth paper focus on de-facto regional cluster as a policy for nanotechnology firms. The fifth piece sheds light on an early aspect of national policy which is the initiation of national centers of excellence and the sixth paper provides a regional disruptive technology forecasting model for policymakers built on nanotechnology and small technology data.. Finally the last paper is provided by a US national research group demonstrating the use of technology intelligence and text mining in assisting national nanotechnology tactical and policy formation.