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Evolutionary Innovation: The Business of Biotechnology »
Authors: Maureen D. McKelvey
ISBN-13: 9780198289968, ISBN-10: 0198289960
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: July 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Maureen D. McKelvey
Linkoping University
Book Synopsis
This is a study of the commercial development of biotechnology which compares the initiatives, activities and organization of two firms—Genetech in the United States and Kabi in Sweden—as they brought knowledge to the market in the form of insulin and the human growth hormone. Writing from a broad evolutionary perspective, Maureen McKelvey's important study of one of the most modern science-based technologies will be of interest to all concerned with understanding the processes of innovation.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures | ||
| List of Abbreviations | ||
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Evolutionary Innovations | |
| 3 | Science and Technology Interacting | |
| 4 | Understanding Genetic Engineering | |
| 5 | Generating Research: the Early to Mid-1970s | |
| 6 | Generating Research: the Mid- to Late 1970s | |
| 7 | Specific Firm Challenges, 1979-83 | |
| 8 | Multiple Uses and Markets for Human Growth Hormone | |
| 9 | Conclusions for Evolutionary Economics | |
| 10 | Conclusions for Science and Technology | |
| References | ||
| Index |
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