If you were to ask your students to identify the big issues affecting businesses at the present time, they would probably include the effects of the recession, the impact of the social media, the growth of emerging economies such as India and China, e-commerce and new technology. However, if pressed on new technologies, it is unlikely that they would mention nanotechnology; yet developments in this field are set to revolutionise the nature and production of the goods and services we buy every day.
I first posted about a nanotechnology in January this year. Since then I have read articles about nanotechnology advances, but only in specialist sections of the media and not in a prominent position. The mainstream press appears slow to recognise the significance of this technological revolution.
