A Bonaccorsi

B Bozeman

D Gann

E Elvin

EC SANCO

EG Penrose

FT Rothaermel

GB Richardson

J Youtie

JM Utterback

Maj Munch Andersen

ML Tushman

MM Andersen

MR Geiker

N Islam

P Shapira

Pilkington

R Fellenberg

RJ Aitken

RN Langlois

V Mangematin

W Luther

W Zhu

Nanotechnology offers a rare opportunity to study the early evolution of a new generic technology in real time. This paper suggests focusing more on the market formation side, rather than technology generation, when seeking to explain technology evolution. Applying an evolutionary capabilities perspective, the paper examines how firms organize innovation in the early embryonic stages of a technology and how the market as a selective device undergoes qualitative change as part of economic evolution. The traditional Danish window chain is used as a case. A model of nanotechnology evolution is proposed which suggests that nanotechnology commercialization is significantly driven by small and medium-sized firms based on their internal knowhow, with larger firms as important suppliers of know how. These smaller firms are adept at addressing social needs which appear to be key factors in the nano-commercialization process. A taxonomy of nine enterprise strategies for entry into nanotechnology is suggested. The paper identifies a marked shift in marketing strategizing among the nanotechnology innovative companies, from being “loud” around the turn of the millennium to becoming increasingly “silent” at the present time, illustrating the unconsolidated stage of the current nanotechnology market

Andersen, Maj Munch

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Silent innovation: corporate strategizing in early nanotechnology evolution

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Silent Innovation - Corporate Strategizing in Early Nanotechnology Evolution

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Silent innovation: corporate strategizing in early nanotechnology evolution

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