LEADER 03314nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910452642703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-78197-8 010 $a0-203-08730-5 010 $a0-203-82480-6 010 $a1-136-78198-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001112342 035 $a(EBL)672543 035 $a(OCoLC)856868765 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000980998 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12394855 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000980998 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10968977 035 $a(PQKB)10408749 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC672543 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL672543 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10752069 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL512222 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001112342 100 $a20070111d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGrowth cultures$b[electronic resource] $ethe global bioeconomy and its bioregions /$fPhilip Cooke 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 225 0$aGenetics and society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-39223-3 311 $a1-299-80971-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-282) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 networks 327 $a8 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 330 $a

This groundbreaking book is the first comparative analysis of the relative strengths of global bioregions. Growth Cultures 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.

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