Fernandez-Ribas, Andrea; Shapira, Philip - 2008
countries in the field of nanotechnology affect the development of inventive activities by US multinational companies (MNCs). We … identify the most active US-based MNCs in nanotechnology-related patenting and examine location decisions of these companies …, but as the interdisciplinary and convergent nature of nanotechnology evolves, access to a broadly diversified knowledge …