An Integrated Approach to Nanotechnology Governance

Overview of an internationally integrated nanotechnology governance★

Nanoscience and nanotechnologies (NTs) have huge potential to improve competitiveness and sustainable development across a wide range of industrial sectors. Public perception of NT related to health, safety and environment (HSE) is critical for the responsible development of NT. It warrants a regulatory regime to demonstrate to the general public whether NTs are safe with regard to HSE. This wo...

An intelligent approach to nanotechnology.

An Approach to Governance Structure Selection

An essential question for every business is " How is value created? " Since the industrial age, value is created through a value chain, a chain of consecutive value activities that all together create a tangible product. However, with the current information technology, our economy shifts increasingly towards the economic offering of more complex, intangible products. Enabled by information tec...

Integrated Approach of Agri-nanotechnology: Challenges and Future Trends

Nanotechnology representing a new frontier in modern agriculture is anticipated to become a major thrust in near future by offering potential applications. This integrating approach, i.e., agri-nanotechnology has great potential to cope with global challenges of food production/security, sustainability and climate change. However, despite the potential benefits of nanotechnology in agriculture ...

How Resilient is India to Nanotechnology Risks? Examining Current Developments, Capacities and an Approach for Effective Risk Governance and Regulation

Over the last decade the Indian state has strived to establish an adequate foundation for advancing nanotechnology resulting in the expansion of R&D and commercialization of nanoproducts. A greater focus on technology development has meant that India's engagement with the overdue but not less significant risk debate appears to be far behind global discourses. The main focus of the paper is to e...