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Growth cultures [[electronic resource] ] : the global bioeconomy and its bioregions / / Philip Cooke



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Autore: Cooke Philip (Philip N.) Visualizza persona
Titolo: Growth cultures [[electronic resource] ] : the global bioeconomy and its bioregions / / Philip Cooke Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-78197-8
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Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814765903321
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Serie: Genetics and society (Series)