1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462732603321

Titolo

Nanotechnology commercialization for managers and scientists / / edited by Wim Helwegen, Luca Escoffier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Pan Stanford Pub., , 2012

ISBN

0-429-09872-3

1-283-59670-9

9786613909152

981-4364-38-X

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (434 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HelwegenWim

EscoffierLuca

Disciplina

620.5

620/.5

Soggetti

Nanostructured materials industry

Nanotechnology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction to the World of Nanotechnology; 2. Overview of Intellectual Property Rights; 3. Nanotechnology Patent Procurement and Litigation in Europe; 4. Nanotechnology Patent Procurement and Litigation in the United States; 5. How to Set Up an Effective IP Strategy and Manage a Nanotechnology-Based Patent Portfolio; 6. How to Identify Patent Infringements in the Nanotechnology Sector; 7. Licensing Issues in Nanotechnology; 8. IP Valuation: Principles and Applications in the Nanotechnology Industry; 9. Investing in Nanotechnology

10. Technology Transfer and Nanomedicine with Special Reference to Sweden11. Public-Private Partnerships - an Example from the Netherlands: The Industrial Partnership Programme; 12. University and Employees' Inventions in Europe and the United States; 13. Environment, Health, and Safety Within the Nanotechnology Industry; 14. Regulation of Nanomaterials in the EU; 15. Nanomaterial Regulation in the United States



Sommario/riassunto

The nanotechnology industry is a fast growing industry with many unique characteristics. When bringing the results of nanotechnology research to the market, companies and universities run into unforeseen problems related to intellectual property rights and other legal and regulatory issues. An effective commercialization of the results of research requires basic knowledge of the relevant issues and a well-defined strategy, while the absence of such knowledge and strategy can be detrimental to the commercial potential of any invention. Even the most impressive scientific achievements can become

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910208953203321

Titolo

The handbook on deviance / / edited by Erich Goode

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78684-419-2

1-118-70139-9

1-118-70132-1

1-118-70138-0

1-118-70135-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 627 pages)

Collana

Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Classificazione

SOC004000

Disciplina

302.5/42

Soggetti

Deviant behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

The scociology of Deviance: An Introduction / Erich Goode --Deviance and Social Control / Mathieu Deflem -- Regulating Vice / Jim Leitzel -- Deviant Subcultures and Lifestyles / Craig J. Forsyth -- Positive Deviance / Druann Maria Heckert and Daniel Alex Heckert -- The Process of Deviantization / Daniel Dotter -- Changing Definitions of Deviance /John Curra -- The Medicalization of Deviance: From Badness to Sickness /Joseph Schneider -- Decriminalization / John Dombrink --



What is Homosexuality Doing in Deviance? / Jeffery P. Dennis -- Quantitative Methods in the Study of Deviance and Crime / Jeff Ackerman -- Studying Deviance: Qualitative Methods / Richard Tewksbury -- Explanatory Paradigms in the Study of Deviance / Robert F. Meier -- Critical Criminology / Walter S. DeKeseredy -- The Interactionist Approach to Deviance / Addrain Conyers and Thomas C. Calhoun -- Gender and Deviance / Meredith G.F. Worthen and Danielle Dirks -- Deviance and the Mass Media / David L. Altheide -- Juvenile Delinquency: Its Nature, Causes, and Control / Timothy Brezina and Robert Agnew -- Alcohol Use as Deviance / Paul M. Roman -- Drug Use as Deviance / Scott Akins and Clayton J. Mosher -- Sociology and Sexual Deviance / Martin S. Weinberg and Colin J. Williams -- Cognitive Deviance: Unconventional Beliefs / Robin D. Perrin -- Abominations of the Body: Physical Characteristics as Deviance / Erich Goode -- Mental Illness as a Form of Deviance: Historical Notes and Contemporary Directions / Peter Conrad and Julia Bandini -- Poverty and Disrepute / David L. Harvey -- Environmental Harm as Deviance and Crime / Avi Brisman -- Organizational Deviance: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? / Melanie Bryant -- Marginalizing Migrants: Illegality, Racialization, and Vulnerability / Dean Wilson -- Political Deviance / Pat Lauderdale -- Terrorism and Counterterrorism / Austin T. Turk -- Deviance and Social Change / Nachman Ben-Yehuda -- What's in Store for the Concept of Deviance? Reflections, Speculations, Predictions / Erich Goode.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Handbook of Deviance is a definitive reference for professionals, researchers, and students that provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sociology of deviance.  Composed of over 30 essays written by an international array of scholars and meticulously edited by one of the best known authorities on the study of deviance   Features chapters on cutting-edge topics, such as terrorism and environmental degradation as forms of deviance   Each chapter includes a critical review of what is known about the topic, the current status of the topic, and insights about the future of the topic   Covers recent theoretical innovations in the field, including the distinction between positivist and constructionist perspectives on deviance, and the incorporation of physical appearance as a form of deviance   "--

"Cover recent theoretical innovation in the field, including the distinction between positive it and construction it perspective on deviance, and the incorporation of physical appearance a a form of deviance"--