03314nam 2200637Ia 450 991045264270332120200520144314.01-136-78197-80-203-08730-50-203-82480-61-136-78198-6(CKB)2550000001112342(EBL)672543(OCoLC)856868765(SSID)ssj0000980998(PQKBManifestationID)12394855(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000980998(PQKBWorkID)10968977(PQKB)10408749(MiAaPQ)EBC672543(Au-PeEL)EBL672543(CaPaEBR)ebr10752069(CaONFJC)MIL512222(EXLCZ)99255000000111234220070111d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGrowth cultures[electronic resource] the global bioeconomy and its bioregions /Philip CookeLondon ;New York Routledge20071 online resource (302 p.)Genetics and societyDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-39223-3 1-299-80971-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-282) and index.Cover; Growth Cultures; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; List of tables; List of figures; Preface; 1 Growth cultures: meaning and interpretation in the knowledge age ; 2 The knowledge economy and growth cultures: a theoretical framework; 3 Bioscientific research and the emergence of knowledge domains; 4 The microbiology revolution and the crisis in pharmaceuticals; 5 Academic growth cultures: the rise of bioregional knowledge domains; 6 The shifting landscape of bioscience policy; 7 The cluster model in biotechnology: nodes in global networks8 Healthcare biotechnology in developing countries9 Environmental, energy and agro-food bioregions; 10 The financing of biopharmaceuticals firms; 11 Conclusions: biotechnology's proximities, pipelines and platforms; Notes; References; Index<P>This groundbreaking book is the first comparative analysis of the relative strengths of global bioregions. <EM>Growth Cultures</EM> investigates the rapidly growing phenomena of biotechnology and sets this study within a knowledge economy context. Philip Cooke proposes a new knowledge-focused theoretical framework, 'the New Global Bioeconomy', against which to test empirical characteristics of biotechnology. </P><P>In this timely volume, Cooke unifies concepts from the sociology of science, economic sociology and evolutionary economic geography to focus on the problems and prospects for polGenetics and society (Series)BiotechnologyEconomic aspectsPharmaceutical biotechnologyEconomic aspectsElectronic books.BiotechnologyEconomic aspects.Pharmaceutical biotechnologyEconomic aspects.338.4/76606Cooke Philip(Philip N.)128632MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452642703321Growth cultures1915606UNINA