Title: Technology policy and the creation of new technologies: the example of advanced materials

Authors: Peter Groenewegen, Philip J. Vergragt

Addresses: Management and Assessment of Technology, Department of Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 16, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands. ' Management and Assessment of Technology, Department of Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 16, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands

Abstract: International economic competition has focused attention on advanced materials as one of the |advanced technologies|, especially in Japan, the USA and Europe. In order to stimulate the technology, government policies have been directed to strengthening the scientific knowledge base. However, the necessary socio-economic adjustment of industrial development receives considerably less attention. Governments are scarcely aware of the possibly far-reaching social and economic changes that may result from substitution processes. Against a background of a lack of empirical research, this paper analyses aspects of the interaction between government policies and trends in materials technology.

Keywords: materials technology; technology policy; problem definition; innovation theory; new technologies; advanced materials; government policies.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1991.025876

International Journal of Technology Management, 1991 Vol.6 No.1/2, pp.75 - 90

Published online: 25 May 2009 *

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