Technological systems in the bio industries : an international study /

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Imprint:Boston : Kluwer Academic Pub., c2002.
Description:xiii, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Economics of science, technology, and innovation ; v. 26
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4658972
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Other authors / contributors:Carlsson, Bo, 1942-
ISBN:0792376331 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Analytical Approach and Methodology
  • 3. The Cognitive Dynamics of Biotechnology and the Evolution of Its Technological Systems
  • 4. The Biomedical Clusters in Ohio and Sweden: An Overview
  • 5. Micro-Level Analysis of Firms in the Biomedical Clusters in Ohio and Sweden
  • 6. The Support Structure of the Biomedical Clusters: Research, Intermediary, and Financial Organizations
  • 7. Regional Characteristics and Performance: Evidence from Biomaterials Firms
  • 8. Titanium Implants: A Competence Bloc Comparison of a Swedish Firm and an Ohio Firm
  • 9. The Health Care Competence Bloc: On the Integration of Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Technologies with Hospital Care and Health Insurance
  • 10. A Competence Bloc Analysis of the Economic Potential of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food Production
  • 11. Biotechnology and the Potential for a Radical Shift of Technology in the Forest Industry
  • 12. Summary and Conclusions
  • Subject Index