This paper analyzes the paths of emerging technologies in developing countries, particularly considering its distributive dimension along the chain of functions, from knowledge production, to the technology's production/provision, ...

The world economy is characterized by a very high level of integration. This integration or globalization as it is more popularly known is to a large extent contributed by increased trade in commodities, services, capital ...

Since human embryonic stem cells were first isolated in 1998, stem cell science has rapidly emerged on the policy agenda both at the national and state levels. This policy activity reflects the contentious nature of this ...

This paper analyses the interactions and dynamics involved in clinical translation for the case of a Canadian network of scientists, clinicians, and clinician-scientists studying the pathogenomics of immunological disorders ...

A key challenge in modeling technological innovation is to predict future costs based on historical data. This is of great interest to academics, as well as decision makers both in the private and public sectors. For ...

Since innovation is playing an important role in the age of knowledge, using innovative resources more efficiently gradually becomes a hot issue at national level. National innovative capacity is the ability of a country ...

We study a simplification of a previously proposed model of technology evolution to understand the behavior of performance curves, which describe how a technology improves with increasing cumulative production. The model ...

Both the sociology and the economics of science have dedicated many research efforts to explaining the determinants of academic scientists' careers and productivity. Most of the available evidence, however, is based upon ...

The United States, Germany, Japan, and some 40 other countries, notably including some of world's fastest growing economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China) are betting that nanotechnology, among other high-tech approaches, ...

Technology business incubators (TBIs) are widely viewed as a promoter of regional/national innovation and competitiveness. Both developed countries and developing countries have established university incubators and ...