Corporations, Universities, and Instrumental Communities
Commercializing Probe Microscopy, 1981-1996
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4021869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cyrus C M Mody (0000-0002-5266-5878, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 56-80 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2006.0085 |
| OpenAlex | W2031069126 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 25 |
Longstanding debates about the role of the university in national culture and the global economy have usually centered on one university, region, or discipline. I propose a new unit of analysis, the "instrumental community," i.e. a community dedicated to developing a particular class of instruments. Such communities span regions, firms, universities, and disciplines. The commercialization of scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy between 1981 and 1996 is a striking example of such a community. Analysis of the commercialization of STM and AFM contradicts the positions of both supporters and opponents of academic entrepreneurialism
Academic community · Atomic force microscopy · Business · Commercialization · Mathematics education · Nanotechnology · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Unit (ring theory) · Marketing · Materials Science · Psychology · scientometrics and bibliometrics research
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| Citations per year | 1.47 |
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| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |