(= I NEN 104) Disruptive Nanotechnologies

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Nanoscale technological innovation as central to the economic growth process will be examined within a historical context leading to an understanding of nanoscale technology evolution in industrial revolution. The technological, economic and business significance of nanotechnology will be discussed as an "enabling" force with profound economic, business and societal impacts. Emerging new models of innovation by firms and by regions will be explored as well as related measurement tools to better understand the economic and business environment of disruptive nanotechnologies. Only one version of N SCI/N ENG 104 or I NSC/I NEN 104 may be taken for credit.