Our contribution to the expanding literature on the globalization of research and innovation is to investigate the … countries in the field of nanotechnology affect the development of inventive activities by US multinational companies (MNCs). We … identify the most active US-based MNCs in nanotechnology-related patenting and examine location decisions of these companies …

Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation … products. In this context, it seems all the more important for regions to put their own innovation systems in place, and to … conditions and configurations allow a regional innovation system to be competitive in a cutting-edge technology like …

patent quantity is driven by knowledge exchange rather than joint R&D. Firms engaged in joint R&D, on the other hand, receive … more forward citations per patent indicating that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In light of literature on strategic …

concept. Information and communications technologies (ICT), biotechnology and nanotechnology are viewed as existing or … argument by using patent, industry and company level data from Finland. The results provide evidence that ICT, as expected, is … a GPT. Nanotechnology shows signs of being potentially widely applicable, but for biotechnology the channels of …

-wahrnehmung in Bezug auf die Nanotechnologien vorgestellt. Dies basiert auf Verbraucherumfragen zum Thema Nanotechnologie, die in …

Nanotechnology, as an emerging science-based technology, is seen to have great potential both in scientific as well as … economic terms. In this paper the focus is on identifying the technological linkages between the Finnish nanotechnology … conclusion is that nanotechnology is connected to traditional and ‘high-tech’ industries. The nano-related incumbents might also …

fluorinatedgreenhouse gas emissions. Using patents as an indicator of innovations and patent citations as a proxy for knowledge flows the … across patent applicant- and firm-types is analyzed. We find that most environmental patents originate from Germany and the …

Based on patent data and industry specific energy prices for 18 OECD countries over 30 years we investigate on an … industry level the impact of energy prices on green innovation activities. Our econometric models show that energy prices and … green innovation activities are positively related and that energy prices have a significantly positive impact on the ratio …

Nanotechnologie ist eine technologische Innovation, die aufgrund ihrer absehbaren vielfältigen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten … große Hoffnungen auf neue Wachstumschancen der Wirtschaft weckt. Derzeit befindet sich die Nanotechnologie noch überwiegend … wird Nanotechnologie zu einem Schwerpunkt der Forschungsförderung. Derzeit verfügt Deutschland auf diesem Gebiet über eine …