TY  - BOOK
AU  - McKelvey,Maureen D.
AU  - Rickne,Annika
AU  - Laage-Hellman,Jens
TI  - The economic dynamics of modern biotechnology
SN  - 9781845427900
AV  - HD9999.B443 MCK
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cheltenham
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Biotechnology industries
KW  - Europe
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Research
KW  - Economic growth
KW  - shbe
KW  - Bio-technology industry
KW  - Bioteknikindustri
KW  - Innovationer
KW  - Europa
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptualizing and measuring modern biotechnology -- Part II: Setting the scene -- 3. Stylized facts about innovation processes in modern biotechnology -- 4. The post-genome era: rupture in the organization of the life science industry? -- 5. An overview of biotechnology innovation in Europe: firms, demand, government policy and research -- Part III: Challenging the existing -- 6. Risk management and the commercialization of human genetic testing in the UK -- 7. Networks and the technology systems in science-driven fields: the case of European food biotechnology -- 8. Future imperfect: the response of the insurance industry to the emergence of predictive genetic testing -- 9. Emergent bioinformatics and newly distributed innovation processes -- Part IV: Forming the new -- 10. The dynamics of regional specialization in modern biotechnology: comparing two regions in Sweden and two regions in Australia, 1977-2001 -- 11. On the spatial dimension of firm information -- 12. Examining the marketplace for ideas: how local are Europe's biotechnology clusters? -- 13. Creation and growth of high-tech SMEs: the role of the local environment -- Part V: Conclusions -- 14. Reflections and ways forward
ER  -