Title: Radical innovation and policy-making: nanotechnology public R&D funding in the USA and the EU

Authors: Claire A. Auplat

Addresses: Innovation Management, Novancia Business School, 3 rue Armand Moisant, 75015 Paris, France

Abstract: In this paper, I explore 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 USA. I conclude by discussing the impact of these differences on entrepreneurship.

Keywords: nanotechnology; radical innovation; entrepreneurship; public policy; competitive strategies; USA; United States; EU; EUropean Union; public research; R&D funding; research and development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2012.047562

International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, 2012 Vol.4 No.3/4, pp.281 - 292

Published online: 23 Aug 2014 *

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