Organizations and the bioeconomy : the management and commodification of the life sciences / / Alexander Styhre

• Autore: Styhre Alexander
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/76606
• Soggetto topico: Biotechnology - Economic aspects; Life sciences - Economic aspects; Biotechnology industries; Medical economics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The concept of the bioeconomy -- Biopolitics, neoliberalism, and the calculative worldview : the economics of life -- New drug development, biotechnology and the enactment of life -- The tissue economy -- Living in and managing the bioeconomy.
• Sommario/riassunto: The advancement of the life sciences and the technosciences has enhanced the longevity of citizens in the Western world, and half of the generation born in the first decade of the new millennium is now expected to live to the age of one hundred years. In a society with such longevity and affluence, consumption of health-related goods and services such as pharmaceuticals and scanning procedures may be seen as a sustainable source of income for the industries that promote it. Though the healthcare sector has traditionally been organized in the public sector in Europe and in the private sector
• Titolo autorizzato: Organizations and the bioeconomy
• ISBN: 1-136-29967-X; 1-283-64267-0; 0-203-11657-7; 1-136-29968-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825204703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Management, organizations and society (London, England) ; ; v. 18.