Grilichesian Breakthroughs: Inventions of Methods of Inventing and Firm Entry in Nanotechnology

metamorphic progress (productivity growth much faster than average) is often driven by Grilichesian inventions of methods of inventing. For hybrid seed corn, the enabling invention was double-cross hybridization yielding highly productive seed corn that was not self-propagating. Biotechnology stemmed from recombinant dna. scanning probe microscopy is a key enabling discovery for nanotechnology. nanotech publishing and patenting has grown phenomenally. over half of nanotech authors are in the u.s. and 58 percent of those are in ten metropolitan areas. like biotechnology, we find that firms enter nanotechnology where and when scientists are publishing breakthrough academic Zvi Griliches organized a nBeR workshop for Zucker and darby to present their first joint paper on biotechnology and was a constant source of ideas for improvement as their work progressed. We all stand on the shoulders of giants, and Zvi's shoul - ders are very high. this research has been supported by grants from the national science Foundation (grants Error! Main Document Only. ses-0304727 and ses- 0531146) and the u niversity of california's industry- u niversity cooperative Research Program (grants PP9902, P00-04, P01-02, and P03-01), the Harold Price center for entrepreneurial s tudies at ucla , the u niversity of california s