Science, the state and the city: Britain's struggle to succeed in biotechnology

This work examines the evolution of one of the most important technologies that has emerged in the last 50 years: biotechnology - the use of living organisms, or parts thereof to create useful products and services. It explains how firms based in the US took the lead in commercialising the technolog...

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Hauptverfasser: Owen, Geoffrey 1934- (VerfasserIn), Hopkins, Michael M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
Ausgabe:First edition.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online Business and Management
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Zusammenfassung:This work examines the evolution of one of the most important technologies that has emerged in the last 50 years: biotechnology - the use of living organisms, or parts thereof to create useful products and services. It explains how firms based in the US took the lead in commercialising the technology, and why it has been so difficult for firms in other countries to match what the leading American companies have achieved.
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ISBN:9780191794308
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198728009.001.0001