MULTIMODAL EVALUATIONS OF JAPAN'S NANOTECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS

Daisuke Kanama ()
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Daisuke Kanama: Faculty of Business Administration and Information Science, Hokkaido Information University, 59-2 Nishinopporo, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8585, Japan

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2013, vol. 10, issue 02, 1-20

Abstract: In Japan, there are great expectations for nanotechnology because it is expected not only to renovate existing markets but also create new, large, and wide-ranging markets. Japan is generally believed to be strong in nanotechnology. However, how should the competitiveness of nanotechnology be measured?Based on publications, patents, venture business, and other survey results, this paper intends to discuss Japan's nanotechnology competitiveness and changes in the competition areas of nanotechnology by examining nanotechnology's technological characteristics and industry structures.A finding from this study is that in individual technology areas identified through quantitative analyses such as papers and patents, Japan's nanotechnology can be rated equal to or just behind that of the US. In the future, however, when nanotechnology commercialization becomes more widespread and the stages of technology competition change from top-down technology to bottom-up technology, Japan may lose relative competitiveness as it faces some barriers related to "nanosystematization".

Keywords: Nanotechnology; competitiveness; top-down technology; bottom-up technology; nanosystematization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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