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Pathways From Discovery To Commercialization: Using Web Sources To Track Small And Medium-Sized Enterprise Strategies In Emerging Nanotechnologies, Jan Youtie, Diana Hicks, Philip Shapira, Travis Horsely
Pathways From Discovery To Commercialization: Using Web Sources To Track Small And Medium-Sized Enterprise Strategies In Emerging Nanotechnologies, Jan Youtie, Diana Hicks, Philip Shapira, Travis Horsely
Diana Hicks
There is a growing need for fresh and systematic evidence about company innovation in emerging technologies such as nanotechnology. It is particularly important to track shifts from discovery to commercialization at the later stages of the innovation process, where diverse product and financial strategies may be pursued. This paper presents results from a pilot study of of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based on a web-scraping and content analysis of current and archived nanotechnology enterprise web sites. We use this novel approach to explore nanotechnology SMEs transitions from discovery to commercialization and understand how transitions vary by SME characteristics, technology …