The Race to Commercialize Biotechnology - Molecules, Market and the State in Japan and the US (Hardcover, New)

Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
1. The Approach
2. National Innovation Systems and Biotechnology
3. The Market for Biotechnology
4. Products
5. A Road Map
6. References
Chapter 2: Firms, Technological Regimes, and National Innovation Systems
1. Introduction
2. The Firm as Innovator
3. Technological Regimes and Trajectories
4. Biotechnology and the National Innovation System
5. Putting it all Together
6. References
Chapter 3: Biotechnology and National Innovation Systems in the US and Japan
1. Industry
2. Research Infrastructure
3. Public Policy
4. Conclusions
5. References
Chapter 4: The Emergence of Commercial Biotechnology in the US
1. Introduction
2. Institutional Formation and Knowledge Creation
3. Knowledge Enhancement (1976-1983)
4. Commercial Take-Off (1983-1900s)
5. Conclusions
6. References
Chapter 5: The Emergence of Commercial Biotechnology
1. Introduction
2. The Origins of Japan's Bioindustry
3. Biotechnology Fever hits Japan
4. From Bio-Boom to Bio-Reality: Alliances Strategies and the Shift from Basic Research (1985-Present)
5. Conclusions
6. Endnotes
Chapter 6: Conclusions
1. Summary
2. Biotechnology in the US and Japan
3. Concluding Thoughts
References

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
Release date:	March 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Steven Collins
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-28339-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > General
LSN:	0-415-28339-6
Barcode:	9780415283397

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