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Missing links in nanomaterials governance: bringing industrial dynamics and downstream policies into view

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  • Ismael Rafols

    (SPRU, University of Sussex and TPAC, Georgia Tech)

  • Patrick van Zwanenberg

    (SPRU, University of Sussex)

  • Molly Morgan

    (SPRU, University of Sussex)

  • Paul Nightingale

    (SPRU, University of Sussex)

  • Adrian Smith

    (SPRU, University of Sussex)

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  • Ismael Rafols & Patrick van Zwanenberg & Molly Morgan & Paul Nightingale & Adrian Smith, 2010. "Missing links in nanomaterials governance: bringing industrial dynamics and downstream policies into view," SPRU Working Paper Series 180, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
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    2. Sheona A. K. Read & Gary S. Kass & Hilary R. Sutcliffe & Steven M. Hankin, 2016. "Foresight Study on the Risk Governance of New Technologies: The Case of Nanotechnology," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 36(5), pages 1006-1024, May.

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    Keywords

    nanotechnology; manufactured nanomaterials; innovation governance; industrial dynamics; enabling technology; technology assessment; public engagement.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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