Nanotechnology and Development

List of contributors; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Part I. Introduction to Nanotechnology and Participation of Developing Countries: 1. On nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoproducts: why everyone wants to join this game? Susan E. Reid, Roger Coronini and Shyama V. Ramani; Part II. Winning and Losing in Nanotech: Case Studies from Developed Countries: 2. Learning from solyndra: changing paradigms in the US innovation system Christopher Newfield and Daryl Boudreaux; 3. How is a regional technology cluster created? Insight from the construction of the nanotech cluster in Grenoble Dominique Vinck and Shyama V. Ramani; 4. Co-patenting networks in nanotechnology: a comparison of South Korea and Germany Ad Notten and Shyama V. Ramani; Part III. Placing Bets on Nanotech: Case Studies of Emerging Countries: 5. Sure bet or mirage? On the Chinese trajectory in nanotechnology Can Huang and Yilin Wu; 6. Dancing with the scientists or how NST emerged in Brazil Nédson Campos; 7. NST without NII? The Mexican case study Eduardo Robles Belmont and Rebeca de Gortari Rabiela; 8. On India's plunge into nanotechnology: what are good ways to catch-up? Shyama V. Ramani, Nupur Chowdhury, Roger Coronini and Susan E. Reid; Part IV. Conclusions: 9. Nanotech after biotech in emerging economies: déjà vu or a new form of catching up? Shyama V. Ramani and Jorge Niosi; Index.