Economic Development of Nanotechnology: A Review of Indicators

Anthony Clayton ()
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Anthony Clayton: University of the West Indies Institute for Sustainable Development (Jamaica)

Foresight and STI Governance, 2009, vol. 3, issue 1, 48-57

Abstract: The paper complete a series of two publications of the author (for the first paper «Technology Roadmaps: Tools for Development» see ¹3/2008). It contains an in-depth analysis of political, economic and social factors affecting the economic progress of developing countries. The case study of Jamaica demonstrates an attempt to overcome the path-dependency effect, caused by the conventional government’s focus on the development of sugar industry. The Foresight exercise is revealed a number of possible scenarios allowing for much more attractive economic and social conditions and contributed to the revision of the Jamaica’s technological priorities. Note: Downloadable document is in Russian.

Keywords: technology roadmapping; path dependence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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