Ebook: Technological Systems in the Bio Industries: An International Study
- Tags: Economic Growth, Innovation/Technology Management, Economic Policy, Environmental Economics, Biotechnology
- Series: Economics of Science Technology and Innovation 26
- Year: 2002
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Technological Systems in the Bio Industries: An International Study represents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and systematic effort to understand the nature and role of technological change in a rapidly evolving arena of economic activity that can be loosely referred to as the bio industries. These include biomedical industries that deliver goods and services used in health care, including those based on genetic engineering, as well as applications of biotechnology in other industries such as agriculture, food production, and the forest industries.
This volume is the third in a continuing series of studies on technological systems; it seeks to identify and address new sets of conceptual and methodological issues in analyzing innovation systems, particularly as regards the delimitation of relevant systems. The book makes an in-depth comparison of the biomedical clusters in Sweden and Ohio. It also sheds light on the emergence of new science-based technological systems.
Technological Systems in the Bio Industries: An International Study represents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and systematic effort to understand the nature and role of technological change in a rapidly evolving arena of economic activity that can be loosely referred to as the bio industries. These include biomedical industries that deliver goods and services used in health care, including those based on genetic engineering, as well as applications of biotechnology in other industries such as agriculture, food production, and the forest industries.
This volume is the third in a continuing series of studies on technological systems; it seeks to identify and address new sets of conceptual and methodological issues in analyzing innovation systems, particularly as regards the delimitation of relevant systems. The book makes an in-depth comparison of the biomedical clusters in Sweden and Ohio. It also sheds light on the emergence of new science-based technological systems.
Technological Systems in the Bio Industries: An International Study represents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and systematic effort to understand the nature and role of technological change in a rapidly evolving arena of economic activity that can be loosely referred to as the bio industries. These include biomedical industries that deliver goods and services used in health care, including those based on genetic engineering, as well as applications of biotechnology in other industries such as agriculture, food production, and the forest industries.
This volume is the third in a continuing series of studies on technological systems; it seeks to identify and address new sets of conceptual and methodological issues in analyzing innovation systems, particularly as regards the delimitation of relevant systems. The book makes an in-depth comparison of the biomedical clusters in Sweden and Ohio. It also sheds light on the emergence of new science-based technological systems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-8
The Analytical Approach and Methodology....Pages 9-33
The Cognitive Dynamics of Biotechnology and the Evolution of Its Technological Systems....Pages 35-52
The Biomedical Clusters in Ohio and Sweden: An Overview....Pages 53-79
Micro-Level Analysis of Firms in the Biomedical Clusters in Ohio and Sweden....Pages 81-122
The Support Structure of the Biomedical Clusters: Research, Intermediary, and Financial Organizations....Pages 123-144
Regional Characteristics and Performance: Evidence from Biomaterials Firms....Pages 145-185
Titanium Implants: A Competence Bloc Comparison of a Swedish Firm and an Ohio Firm....Pages 187-215
THE HEALTH CARE COMPETENCE BLOC: On the Integration of Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, and Medical Technologies with Hospital Care and Health Insurance....Pages 217-283
A Competence Bloc Analysis of the Economic Potential of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food Production....Pages 285-332
Biotechnology and the Potential for a Radical Shift of Technology in Forest Industry....Pages 333-362
Summary and Conclusions....Pages 363-377
Back Matter....Pages 379-386
Technological Systems in the Bio Industries: An International Study represents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and systematic effort to understand the nature and role of technological change in a rapidly evolving arena of economic activity that can be loosely referred to as the bio industries. These include biomedical industries that deliver goods and services used in health care, including those based on genetic engineering, as well as applications of biotechnology in other industries such as agriculture, food production, and the forest industries.
This volume is the third in a continuing series of studies on technological systems; it seeks to identify and address new sets of conceptual and methodological issues in analyzing innovation systems, particularly as regards the delimitation of relevant systems. The book makes an in-depth comparison of the biomedical clusters in Sweden and Ohio. It also sheds light on the emergence of new science-based technological systems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-8
The Analytical Approach and Methodology....Pages 9-33
The Cognitive Dynamics of Biotechnology and the Evolution of Its Technological Systems....Pages 35-52
The Biomedical Clusters in Ohio and Sweden: An Overview....Pages 53-79
Micro-Level Analysis of Firms in the Biomedical Clusters in Ohio and Sweden....Pages 81-122
The Support Structure of the Biomedical Clusters: Research, Intermediary, and Financial Organizations....Pages 123-144
Regional Characteristics and Performance: Evidence from Biomaterials Firms....Pages 145-185
Titanium Implants: A Competence Bloc Comparison of a Swedish Firm and an Ohio Firm....Pages 187-215
THE HEALTH CARE COMPETENCE BLOC: On the Integration of Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, and Medical Technologies with Hospital Care and Health Insurance....Pages 217-283
A Competence Bloc Analysis of the Economic Potential of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food Production....Pages 285-332
Biotechnology and the Potential for a Radical Shift of Technology in Forest Industry....Pages 333-362
Summary and Conclusions....Pages 363-377
Back Matter....Pages 379-386
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