{"title":"Networks of Research Collaboration in China: Evidence from Nanotechnology Publication Activities, 1990-2006","authors":"Li Tang, Philip Shapira","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472876","url":null,"abstract":"The article shows there has been exponential growth overall in nano publication in China, there has been only linear growth in international publication collaboration. Potential explanations for this include increased internal incentives for publication in China in WoS-listed journals and for Chinese researchers to return home. However, there are quality differences between articles by author and collaboration type. Statistical testing indicates that internationally collaborated articles, articles by scholars in Chinese Academy of Science or top 10 Chinese universities, and articles involved Hong Kong scholars are more likely published in journals with high impact factors (IF), and receive high citations. These findings help to highlight China's emerging strengths in nanotechnology and the role of network relations in underpinning these developments.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132204817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Normativity and Innovation: An Approach to Concepts of Innovation from the Perspective of Philosophy of Technology","authors":"Jan C. Schmidt","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472880","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this short paper is to sketch an analytic approach to innovation from the perspective of philosophy of technology. Until now, philosophers have been reluctant to address issues of innovation - even though both innovation research and philosophy of technology share the same object of study: the intersection of science, technology, and society. In this paper I will reveal normative assumptions in innovation research. I identify normativity in four areas: (1) theory of society and innovation, (2) objects of innovation (artifacts, processes, knowledge, problems), (3) process of innovation, and (4) ethics and innovation. This paper presents an outline for a research program and a catalog of questions - and not a net argumentation or final answers. The aim is to attract philosophical interest and to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration between social scientists and philosophers.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133709719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Catching up, forging ahead, or falling behind? Central & Eastern European development from 1990 to 2005","authors":"M. Tiits, R. Kattel, Tarmo Kalvet, Dorel Tamm","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472897","url":null,"abstract":"This extended abstract of a conference paper looks at the economic development in Central and Eastern Europe since the early 1990s. We argue against the common wisdom that that 1990s proved to be a 'lost decade' for most of the countries in the region rather than a period of successful catching up.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132675442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Public R&D Laboratories in Innovation Networks: a Comparison between Canada and Mexico","authors":"C. Díaz-Pérez, R. Arechavala-Vargas","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472900","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to analyze those institutional arrangements that support the development of knowledge and innovation networks, particularly those that surround public R&D laboratories. Institutional arrangements include public policies as well as conditions that are necessary to build the proper kind of interactions among organizations. In Mexico, these processes are beginning to develop, in some cases with the support of regional-level policies. Internationally, different policy schemes have proven successful at the local and regional level. Policy development networks, where bottom-up and national and provincial directives interact, are being successfully implemented. In comparing the Mexican and Canadian experiences, some common characteristics can be identified that can lead to the development of adequate environments for innovation networks. Fieldwork reported here has consisted of organizational case studies of R&D laboratories in Mexico and Canada. These case studies include extensive documentation of organizational structure and practices, analysis of strategic planning documents and operating reports, as well as in-depth interviews with researchers, with higher management, and with representatives of organizations with which they interact. Interviews also include government agency officials and representatives of firms that have used or sought to use the laboratories' services. Networks studied include fuel cells technology, medical biotechnology, agro biotechnology, electro chemistry, metal mechanics and software industry, for example. The comparison of several innovation networks in Canada, which are more developed, with those that are beginning to develop in Mexico, enables the identification of viable alternatives for the design and implementation of policy initiatives for their development. Implications for further research and for policy design and implementation are discussed, particularly with respect to the role that R&D labs can play in policy implementation.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123837088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nanodistricts in the United States: Metropolitan Trajectories and Clustering (December 2007)","authors":"J. Youtie, P. Shapira","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472874","url":null,"abstract":"There are a number of theories that suggest emerging technologies will not be distributed equally across a region, rather they will be concentrated in certain locations. If this is the case, this distribution has implications for where future economic opportunities as well as future risks will be concentrated. In this paper, we probe nanotechnology (hereafter nano) research and commercialization at a regional level. The aim of this research is to examine the top 30 \"nanodistricts\" or metropolitan areas in the US with more than 1000 nanopublications in the 1990-2006 timeframe. We explore the factors underlying the emergence of these metropolitan areas into this top class through exploratory cluster analysis. We find that while most of the leading nanodistricts are similar to top cities in previous rounds of emerging technologies, there is also the surfacing of new geographic concentrations of nanotechnology research. Some of the latter types of nanodistricts are found in nontraditional places for new technology development that have large concentrations of research at a single government facility or university research institution. This finding suggests that concentrated investments in nanotechnology R&D into a single institution can elevate the profile of a region that has lacked previous technological prominence. However, questions are raised as to whether nanotechnology-related knowledge will be able to be exploited and commercialized in these new research locations.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132536445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovation indicators and policy - Some reflections on limitations and potentialities of innovation surveys","authors":"E. B. Viotti","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472881","url":null,"abstract":"Besides the presentation and introduction, this paper includes three main sections. The first discusses the relevance of innovation indicators for policymaking, and it gives strong evidences of how it is being poorly used. The second section analyses the reasons for this almost lack of use of innovation indicators, and the last section presents ways to improve the usefulness of innovation surveys for policymaking.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"61 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127391151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attracting the R&D of Multinational Enterprises","authors":"José Guimón","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472888","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the increased internationalization of corporate R&D, foreign-controlled multinational enterprises are now seen by most governments as a central actor in national innovation systems and as a catalyst for upgrading in global value chains. This paper describes the key policy instruments used by governments in their efforts to attract internationally-mobile R&D and discusses some implementation challenges.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129829211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiple Pathways to Science and Engineering Employment: Characteristics of the U.S. S&E Workforce","authors":"N. Kannankutty","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472909","url":null,"abstract":"Since the post-World War II era, the U.S. has experienced a period of rapid expansion in its higher education system as well as in the size of its workforce. During the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. federal government put in place many programs that encouraged this growth. At the same time, administrative record-keeping was also put in place to manage the programs. Eventually, these administrative uses expanded to meet policy needs. This lead to the development of a series of institutional and demographic surveys on degree attainment in science and engineering (S&E), graduate enrollment in S&E, and on the S&E workforce. The combination of these data sources provides a rich and detailed picture of the movement of individuals through the U.S. educational system and into the workforce. In this paper, the major demographic, educational and employment characteristics of the U.S. science and engineering talent pool will be described. Institutional data will be used to focus on postsecondary enrollments and degree production in S&E, to lay the groundwork for the entry into the S&E pipeline. This will be followed by a broad description of the characteristics and trends of the S&E workforce. Standard educational or labor force characteristics will be used to describe the pipeline. Additionally, the very rich U.S. workforce data will be used to show the many pathways that S&E and non-S&E trained individuals take to enter and then move into the broader U.S. labor force.The examination of this data shows that there are multiple and parallel pathways that individuals go through to enter into their careers, and it is not possible to identify one, or even a small number of pathways, that can be seen as generalizable to a large population. Rather, what can be seen is that combinations of degrees (as a proxy for skills), lead to a very large variety of occupational outcomes, even in some areas that are not, on the surface, directly related to science and engineering.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131753979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Will There be an AQ Khan of Nanotechnology? Probing Models to Address the Potential International Security Threats of Nanotechnology","authors":"M. Kosal","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472875","url":null,"abstract":"Through the science fiction of Star Trek and other quasi-fictional works, the notion of nanotechnology - the science of the minutely small - has entered the collective public psyche. Nanotechnology's science fact is thriving in academia and in the private sector. Innovation through nanotechnology finds many proponents within the military and defense industry to increase the effectiveness and strength of traditional weapons and to provide revolutionary countermeasures. To date, three broad topics have dominated discussion regarding nanotechnology risk: health and environmental consequences, privacy and legal implications, and uncontrolled self- replication and artificial intelligence.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114568515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testing Schumpeterian Hypothesis with Data from a Developing Country: R&D Investment and Size of Firms in Thailand","authors":"A. Supnithadnaporn, Taehyun Jung","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472882","url":null,"abstract":"Even though the Schumpeterian hypotheses have been tested for several decades, there are very limited numbers of studies using data from developing countries. Existing literatures on developing countries tend to concentrate on some particular countries. This study provides another test of Schumpeterian hypotheses using data of Thai firms. The results partly support the Schumpeterian hypotheses. The study shows that firm size affects the decision to undertake R&D. However, upon firms undertaking R&D, R&D intensity does not increase disproportionately with the size of the firms, all else constant. Moreover, the skilled work forces are relatively more important for firms undertaking R&D than the financial aspects. These findings are essential for the improvement of current policy regarding R&D in Thailand.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"344 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115230191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}