Radical Innovation and Policy Making: Nanotechnology Public R&D Funding in the US and the EU

International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Forthcoming

12 Pages Posted: 22 May 2015

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Claire A. Auplat

PSL Dauphine University ; Novancia Business School

Date Written: May 20, 2015

Abstract

This paper explores one particular vector of entrepreneurship in nanotechnologies: public R&D funding. Drawing mainly from official archival databases and focused interviews I do a comparative study of the EU and US public R&D funding systems. My emphasis is on institutional funding coming from the US National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and the EU European Frameworks (FP). I show that funding reflects distinct strategies which result from structural differences in the institutions managing public R&D in Europe and in the US. I conclude by discussing the impact of these differences on the development of new business activities in nanotechnologies.

Keywords: Nanotechnologies, radical innovation, R&D funding, competitive strategies, public policy

JEL Classification: K20, K32, L50, M13, M21, N40, O32, O33, O38

Suggested Citation

Auplat, Claire A., Radical Innovation and Policy Making: Nanotechnology Public R&D Funding in the US and the EU (May 20, 2015). International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2608727

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