Accepted Manuscript Catch-up process in nanotechnology start-ups: The case of an Iranian electrospinning firm Emad Ahmadvand, Seyed Reza Salami, Jahanyar Bamdad Soofi, Seyed Habiboallah Tabatabaeian PII: S0160-791X(17)30151-3 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2018.05.005 Reference: TIS 1057 To appear in: Technology in Society Received Date: 14 June 2017 Revised Date: 4 May 2018 Accepted Date: 29 May 2018 Please cite this article as: Ahmadvand E, Salami SR, Soofi JB, Tabatabaeian SH, Catch-up process in nanotechnology start-ups: The case of an Iranian electrospinning firm, Technology in Society (2018), doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2018.05.005. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.