ABSTRACT
Public institutions, academic researchers and financial analysts among others hail nanotechnologies as one of the most promising sectors of social and economic development. Calculations predict that it will become a trillion euro industry by 2015 and that it will bring about economic change of at least the same magnitude as the industrial revolution. Nanotechnology is recent, younger by some thirty years than biotechnology, but it appears at a point in time in human history where there is a convergence between the globalization of access to information and increasing awareness of the importance of sustainable development. Nanotechnology and Sustainable Development explores the ways in which this convergence leads to a change in the management of innovation – and ultimately a reshaping of technological democracy. The scope of the study is global, with a particular focus on Europe and the United States, utilizing several case studies of stakeholders including entrepreneurs, commentators, end users, scientists, and policy makers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|17 pages
Nano, the Next Dimension of Sustainable Development
part II|31 pages
Indicators of Nanotechnology Entrepreneurship
part III|22 pages
Nanodevelopment and Regulatory Practices
part IV|27 pages
Innovative Practices and Nanotechnology Institutional Emergence
part V|21 pages
New Institutionalization Processes
part VI|26 pages
Towards A New Form of Technological Democracy