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most citedTechnological agglomeration and the emergence of clusters and networks in nanotechnology

182 citations

5 papers

cs.CY2020★ 23 cited

Understanding the Role of Intermediaries in Online Social E-commerce: An Exploratory Study of Beidian

Zhilong Chen, Hancheng Cao, Fengli Xu +3

Social e-commerce, as a new form of social computing based marketing platforms, utilizes existing real-world social relationships for promotions and sales of products. It has been…

stat.CO2015★ 1 cited

Algorithms for Finding Copulas Minimizing Convex Functions of Sums

Carole Bernard, Don McLeish

We develop improved rearrangement algorithms to find the dependence structure that minimizes a convex function of the sum of dependent variables with given margins. We propose a ne…

physics.soc-ph2009★ 64 cited

Diversification and hybridization in firm knowledge bases in nanotechnologies

Eric Avenel, Anne-Violaine Favier, Simon Ma +2

The paper investigates the linkages between the characteristics of technologies and the structure of a firms' knowledge base. Nanotechnologies have been defined as converging techn…

physics.soc-ph2009★ 103 cited

Understanding the emergence and deployment of "nano" S&T

Barry Bozeman, Philippe Larédo, Vincent Mangematin

As an introduction to the special issue on "emerging nanotechnologies", this paper puts in perspective contemporary debates and challenges about nanotechnology. It presents an over…

physics.soc-ph2009★ 182 cited

Technological agglomeration and the emergence of clusters and networks in nanotechnology

Douglas K. R. Robinson, Arie Rip, Vincent Mangematin

Research and development at the nanoscale requires a large degree of integration, from convergence of research disciplines in new fields of enquiry to new linkages between start-up…