TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ekekwe,Ndubuisi
ED  - IGI eBooks.
ED  - IGI Global.
TI  - Nanotechnology and microelectronics: global diffusion, economics and policy 
SN  - 9781616920074 (ebook)
AV  - T174.7 .N37325 2010e
U1  - 620/.5 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Hershey, Pa.
PB  - IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA)
KW  - Nanotechnology
KW  - Microelectronics
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - High technology industries
KW  - Technology transfer
KW  - Global transfer, adoption and diffusion
KW  - Nanotechnology and microelectronics
KW  - Infrastructures (education, research and industry)
KW  - Legislative frameworks and legal issues
KW  - Environment and climate issues
KW  - Emerging diffusion paradigm
KW  - Virtual education, collaboration and technology flow from developed nations
KW  - Technology clusters and incubation centers
KW  - Sustainability of programs in developing and emerging nations
KW  - Roles and national technology policies
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 1. Nanotechnology and microelectronics / Ndubuisi Ekekwe -- 2. Molecular manufacturing / Chris Phoenix -- 3. Trends in nanotechnology knowledge creation and dissemination / Nazrul Islam -- 4. Collaborations in the open innovation era / Annam�aria Inzelt -- 5. Towards the sixth Kondratieff cycle of nano revolution / Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat -- 6. Technology resilience and diffusion / Yves Amaizo -- 7. Adopter fatigue phenomenon in diffusion of innovations / Augustine Ejiogu -- 8. Nanotechnology, firm innovation and university-industry networks / Cristina Martinez-Fernandez -- 9. Licensing in the theory of cooperative R&D / Arijit Mukherjee -- 10. Entry barriers to the nanotechnology industry in Turkey / Neslihan Aydogan-Duda, Irge Sener -- 11. Micro and nanotechnology maturity and performance assessment / Nazrul Islam -- 12. Diffusion of the clean development mechanism / Shaikh Rahman, Ariel Dinar, Donald Larson -- 13. Challenges to intellectual property rights from information and communication technologies, nanotechnologies and microelectronics / Ahmed Driouchi, Molk Kadiri -- 14. Taking the lead / Adrian Muller -- 15. Emissions distribution in post-Kyoto international negotiations / Nicola Cantore, Emilio Padilla -- 16. Potential ethical concerns in nanotechnology / Chi Anyansi-Archibong, Silvanus Udoka --; 17. Technological change and the transformation of global agriculture / Alejandro Nin-Pratt -- 18. Technology adoption and economic development / Taiwo Mafimisebi -- 19. Technology development and transfer / Saikou Sanyang -- 20. Technology transfer and diffusion in developing economies / Edwin Igbokwe, Nicholas Ozor -- 21. Nanoscience and nanotechnology in Latin America / Adolfo Nemirovsky, Fernando Audebert, Osvaldo Oliveira Jr., Carlos Constantino, Lorena Barrientos, Guillermo Gonz�alez, Elder Rosa -- 22. Technological innovations and africa's quest for development in the 21st century / Evans Osabuohien -- 23. Emerging technology transfer, economic development and policy in Africa / Alfred Kisubi, Chi Anyansi-Archibong, Ngozi Kamalu, Johnson Kamalu, Michael Adikwu -- 24. Trade policies and development of technology in Africa / Louis Osuji -- 25. Emerging technology penetration / Jesuleye Aquila, Siyanbola Owolabi, Ilori Olugbemiga; Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers; Also available in print
N2  - "This book assesses the state of nanotechnology and microelectronics, and examines many issues, such as climate change, trade, innovation, diffusion, etc, with a theme focused on facilitating the structures for the adoption and penetration of the technologies into developing nations"--Provided by publisher
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ER  -