Technological agglomeration and the emergence of clusters and networks in nanotechnology

By Douglas K. R. Robinson, Arie Rip, Vincent Mangematin. 2007

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Research and development at the nanoscale requires a large degree of integration, from convergence of research disciplines in new fields of enquiry to new linkages between start-ups, regional actors and research facilities. Based on the analysis of two clusters in nanotechnologies (MESA+ (Twente) and other centres in The Netherlands and Minatec in Grenoble in France), the paper discusses the phenomenon of technological agglomeration: co-located scientific and technological fields associated to coordinated technology platforms to some extent actively shaped by institutional entrepreneurs. Such co-location and coordination are probably a prerequisite for the emergence of strong nanoclusters. For more informations: http://www.nanoeconomics.eu/

Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management

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What do business models do?: Innovation devices in technology entrepreneurship (2009, unknown): “The distributed nature of innovation calls for new modes of coordination and management devices, such as platforms (Robinson et al., 2007).”
Impact of public and private research funding on scientific production: The case of nanotechnology (2012, background): “These expensive resources (both in infrastructure and in the skilled labor necessary for its operation) would be difficult to finance privately and hence contribute to attracting industries (Robinson et al., 2007 for instance examine cluster formation enabled by these infrastructures or platforms).”
Demand articulation in emerging technologies: Intermediary user organisations as co-producers? (2011, background): “As several aspects of science and technology development become more clear over time (Kodoma, 1995; Rip, 1995), also visions, expectations, needs, ideas and ethical concerns about these developments may change and/or become more articulated.”