The Economic Impacts of Early Stage Consensus Standards Development: A Case Study of Nanotechnology Documentary Standards

Published

November 30, 2014

Author(s)

David P. Leech, John T. Scott

Abstract

This economic impact assessment focuses on documentary standards development for nanotechnology. Nanotechnology developments and applications are just emerging; thus, the standards studied in this report are regarded as “early-stage” or “proactive” standards that are promulgated early in the life cycle of the development of nanoscience- and nanotechnology- based products and services. Unlike most survey-based economic impact evaluations conducted for NIST, in which the impact of NIST’s resource investments is evaluated, this case study focuses on the economic significance of nanotechnology standards to industrial firms, both as users of the completed standards and as the standards developers.

Citation

Grant/Contract Reports (NISTGCR) - 15-1001

Report Number

15-1001

NIST Pub Series

Grant/Contract Reports (NISTGCR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.GCR.15-1001

Keywords

nanotechnology, economic impact, documentary standards

Citation

Leech, D. and Scott, J. (2014), The Economic Impacts of Early Stage Consensus Standards Development: A Case Study of Nanotechnology Documentary Standards, Grant/Contract Reports (NISTGCR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.GCR.15-1001 (Accessed October 13, 2025)