Maureen D. McKelvey

Evolutionary Innovations ' the Business of Biotechnoloy '

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a study of the commercial development of biotechnology that compares the initiatives, activities and organization of two firms--Genentech 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9780198297246
• ISBN-10: 0198297246
• Artikelnr.: 21217685

Autorenporträt

Maureen McKelvey is Associate Professor in the Department of Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Evolutionary Innovations
Science and Technology Interacting
Understanding Genetic Engineering
Generating Research
The Early- to Mid-1970s
Generating Research
The Mid- to Late-1970s
Specific Firm Challenges, 1979-83
Multiple Uses and Markets for Human Growth Hormone
Conclusions for Evolutionary Economics
Conclusions for Science and Technology