The Development of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials Industry in Science and Entrepreneurship: Socioeconomic and Technical Indicators. A Case Study of Latvia (Part One)

Abstract

The present scientific paper is the first part of two publications, where the authors obtain results from the scientific research presented in a series of works on the development of the nanotechnologies and advanced materials industry in science and entrepreneurship in Latvia. The study has a focus on finding proper socioeconomic and technical indicators. It provides resume on a scope of the study. The paper contains the developed structure of engineering economic indicator system, determined groups of indicators for assessment of the development of nanotechnologies and advanced materials industry in Latvia and results of the evaluation of the obtained statistics on the economic indicators.

The Development of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials Industry in Science and Entrepreneurship: Scientific Indicators. A Case Study of Latvia (Part Three)

“…In accordance with the above-mentioned topicality and the continuation of the present study, which follows and correlates with the in-depth analysis of the previous two studies [2], [3], the development of the nano-field can also be identified and revealed from the perspective of scientific indicators. With regard to the structure of the research on nanotechnologies and advanced materials industry in science and entrepreneurship, it should be noted that the research will reveal crucial scientific indicators of the development of the nano-field at the macro, micro, and meso development levels of economic environment in Latvia.…”

“…Referring to the previous research on scientific indicators at all levels, it can be concluded that the indicators characterising the development of scientific research are closely related to the amount of funding allocated to the research activity (see assessment in the group of economic indicators [2]) and the number of people employed in science. Although the scientific development indicators of Latvia in comparison with other countries of the world are average, the performance of scientific development indicators actually corresponds to the amount of financing invested in science and even would be higher if public funding in R&D were at the level of developed countries of the EU.…”