The purpose of this paper is to reach better general understanding of the institutions and processes needed to develop and commercialise nanosciences and nanotechnologies. This knowledge may prove useful to guide the actions of public and private agents. In order to analyse the paths followed in...

In the present article, we use a dynamic approach to analyse the topography of regional/local nanotechnologies clusters through the agents that make them up. These agents include firms of different sizes and characteristics, universities, research centers and intermediary organizations...

Carbon nanotubes and graphene are often regarded as materials with some of the best properties for the development of applications in a wide variety of sectors. Research on carbon nanotubes and graphene leads to an increase in the application of nanotechnologies and prompts higher expectations...

Since its beginnings, economics, as a scientific discipline, has imported knowledge from other sciences (i.e. physics, biology, ecology, mathematics, etc.). Our aim is to bring the methodological tools of the thermodynamics in areas as the innovation. Moreover, these tools can be extended to...