Libaers, Dirk; Meyer, Martin S.; Geuna, Aldo - 2013
nanotechnology. Three unique data-sets based on patents, co-publications, and firm data pertaining to the unfolding field of … nanotechnology in the UK were developed. Subsequent analysis suggests that USOs play an important though not a dominant role …. Furthermore, the results indicate that USOs in certain subfields of nanotechnology do not have a strong and growing proprietary …