Science system path-dependencies and their influences : nanotechnology research in Russia

Karaulova, Maria and Gök, Abdullah and Shackleton, Oliver and Shapira, Philip (2016) Science system path-dependencies and their influences : nanotechnology research in Russia. Scientometrics, 107 (2). pp. 645-670. ISSN 0138-9130 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-1916-3)

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Abstract

In this paper, we study the influence of path dependencies on the development of an emerging technology in a transitional economy. Our focus is the development of nanotechnology in Russia in the period between 1990 and 2012. By examining outputs, publication paths and collaboration patterns, we identify a series of factors that help to explain Russia’s limited success in leveraging its ambitious national nanotechnology initiative. The analysis highlights four path-dependent tendencies of Russian nanotechnology research: publication pathways and the gatekeeping role of the Russian Academy of Sciences; increasing geographical and institutional centralisation of nanotechnology research; limited institutional diffusion; and patterns associated with the internationalisation of Russian research. We discuss policy implications related to path dependence, nanotechnology research in Russia and to the broader reform of the Russian science system.

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Karaulova, Maria, Gök, Abdullah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9378-3336, Shackleton, Oliver and Shapira, Philip;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:64524
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    31 May 2016
    Published
    1 April 2016
    Published Online
    14 July 2015
    Accepted
    Notes:This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council [grant number ES/J012785/1] as part of the project Emerging Technologies, Trajectories and Implications of Next Generation Innovation Systems Development in China and Russia.
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Economic Theory
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:20 Jun 2018 07:57
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 12:01
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/64524
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