Growth cultures [[electronic resource] ] : the global bioeconomy and its bioregions / / Philip Cooke
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| Autore: |
Cooke Philip (Philip N.)
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| Titolo: |
Growth cultures [[electronic resource] ] : the global bioeconomy and its bioregions / / Philip Cooke
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.4/76606 |
| Soggetto topico: | Biotechnology - Economic aspects |
| Pharmaceutical biotechnology - Economic aspects | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-282) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 networks |
| 8 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <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 pol |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Growth cultures |
| ISBN: | 1-136-78197-8 |
| 0-203-08730-5 | |
| 0-203-82480-6 | |
| 1-136-78198-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814765903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Genetics and society (Series)