Public policy instruments in (re)building national innovation capabilities: cases of nanotechnology development in China, Russia and Brazil

Abstract

Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy 2011The paper seeks to understand the role of emerging technologies in breaking institutionally the development lock-in and supporting self-sustained growth through analyzing broad socioeconomic impacts of nanotechnology in the US, Russia, China and Brazil. The study provides comparative case study analysis and benchmarks the nations policies and development trajectories