文档介绍：J. Eng. Technol. Manage. 22 (2005) 185–200
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Future management research directions in
nanotechnology: A case study
Christine M. Shea *
The Whittemore School of Business and Economics, The University of New Hampshire,
Durham, NH 03824-3593, USA
Abstract
Leading experts believe that advances in nanotechnology will lead to dramatic changes in the way
materials, devices and systems are understood and created. Generalizations about nanotechnology-
based innovations abound in technical circles and in the media, where they are typically described as
radical, their anticipated impact on firms as disruptive, and their effect on society as transformative.
To-date, no articles have been published in peer-reviewed technology management research journals
on the subject. This paper suggests that nanotechnology is a general purpose technology and that, as
such, its applications will spread through many economic sectors with varying magnitudes and forms
of impact on existing firms and industries. This paper also demonstrates how the innovation
management literature can be used to guide further research aimed at anticipating the magnitude
and nature of the impact of specific nanotechnology-based innovations.
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Keywords: Nanotechnology; Nanotechnology-based innovation; Nanotechnology management
1. Introduction
Seldom have innovation management researchers been so perfectly poised to test the
utility of management theory and be of assistance to practitioners and society. For decades
we have been building and improving upon a technological innovation management
literature that contains an impressive array of concepts, frameworks, and evaluation tools
based on our observations of the adjustments anizations have (and have not) made
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