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Nanotechnology Companies In The United States: A Web-Based Content Analysis Of Companies And Products For Poverty Alleviation, Thomas Woodson
Nanotechnology Companies In The United States: A Web-Based Content Analysis Of Companies And Products For Poverty Alleviation, Thomas Woodson
Thomas Woodson
This study analyzes the goals, nanotechnology experience, corporate social responsibility and products of 50 USA-based companies working with nanotechnology to see if they are developing products that help low-income populations. Out of the top 50 R&D companies that publish and patent nanotechnology research in agri-food, energy and water sectors, 18 of them do not mention nanotechnology on their websites. The other 32 companies discuss nanotechnology in varying degrees. However, only two of the companies relate their nanotechnology R&D to poverty alleviation. Even though few companies refer to poverty alleviation, 30 firms of the sample have some type of corporate social …
Book Review: Nanotechnology And Development: What’S In It For Emerging Countries? (Preprint), Thomas Woodson
Book Review: Nanotechnology And Development: What’S In It For Emerging Countries? (Preprint), Thomas Woodson
Thomas Woodson
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Pro-Poor Nanotechnology Applications For Water: Characterizing And Contextualizing Private Sector Research And Development, Matthew Harsh, Thomas Woodson
Pro-Poor Nanotechnology Applications For Water: Characterizing And Contextualizing Private Sector Research And Development, Matthew Harsh, Thomas Woodson
Thomas Woodson
Nanotechnology has been proposed as a possible solution to the dire problems caused by contaminated water in impoverished communities. We characterize the global landscape of nanotechnology research and development using bibliometric and patent data to ascertain how private firms are using nanotechnology to create improved filters and other technologies that might create benefits for the ‘poor’. Research and development on nanotechnology applications for water is very international, but is occurring mostly in China, the USA and wealthy countries. Nanowater patents focus mostly on filtration systems. Other research areas like nanosensors and desalination have fewer nanowater patens which suggest that those …
Research Inequality In Nanomedicine, Thomas Woodson
Research Inequality In Nanomedicine, Thomas Woodson
Thomas Woodson
The 10-90 gap is an idea in the healthcare literature that less than 10%of all research funding goes to solving health problems that are 90%of the global disease burden. This paper examines whether there is inequality in nanotechnology healthcare research (nanomedicine). To understand the inequality in nanomedicine, I conducted a bibliometric review of Web of Science and PubMed databases. Overall there is not large inequality in nanomedicine research. The bibliometric analysis shows that most nanomedicine research is done in high income countries, but their research portfolios extend beyond rich world diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes to include research on …
Nanotechnology In India: Inferring Links Between Emerging Technologies And Development, Thomas Woodson
Nanotechnology In India: Inferring Links Between Emerging Technologies And Development, Thomas Woodson
Thomas Woodson
No abstract provided.