Economics Of Biotechnology

Author : James D. Gaisford
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781781959190
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Biotechnology written by James D. Gaisford and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The book does an excellent job at addressing all three levels from an efficiency and equity point of view . . . Readers with a background in biotechnology but less knowledge in economics will find it very useful, as well as economists who are interested in the key economic issues of biotechnology . . . I agree with the publisher that the addressed audience will welcome and like the book, and I can highly recommend it.' - Justus Wesseler, European Review of Agricultural Economics 'The book is an absorbing one . . . will give insight on business of biotechnology and related issues, such as ethical issues, IPR etc and to economist and market researchers with specified interest in biotechnology. This could be also useful for international policymakers/planners and economic commentators.' - Ashok Pandey, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research The Economics of Biotechnology is a highly accessible book dealing with some of the most crucial issues to arise in this area. Special attention is paid to consumer, ethical and environmental concerns as well as questions relating to trade policy, intellectual property, who will receive the benefits, international development and the role of international institutions such as the WTO. The authors examine concerns arising from the application of biotechnology in the agri-food industrial complex, and many of the issues discussed also have implications for the medical and pharmaceutical aspects of biotechnology.

Author : Bryan Bergeron
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471647578
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biotech Industry written by Bryan Bergeron and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-04-12 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The biotech industry is a complex, rapidly evolving, and critical industry. The industry holds great commercial and societal promise, but it is also filled with hype, confusion, and risks. Bergeron and Chan do a remarkable job of providing a sweeping insightful, and probing assessment of the current state and likely evolution of this global industry. This book is essential reading for the executive who desires a thorough understanding of this business and its potential."--John P. Glasser, Vice President and Chief Information Offers, Partners Healthcare System, Inc. "Bergeron and Chan have done a marvelous job integrating many different perspectives to give the reader a coherent road map of the biotech industry for the next decade. This powerful book is anchored by numerous relevant examples that create a framework which any life sciences professional needs to understand. Of particular note is the compelling assessment of the IT industry and its impact on the life sciences as these industries converge."--Michael A. Greeley, Managing General Partner, IDG Ventures. An in-depth examination of the growth and financing of the biotechnology industry worldwide Biotech Industry: A Global, Economic, and Financing Overview provides a thorough look at the current state of the biotechnology industry, including where major research is being conducted, where it's being applied, and where money and intellectual capital are flowing. Written by a renowned business columnist and an entrepreneurial scientist in the biotech area, this unique book gives Eos and other senior-level managers an understanding of Asia's pivotal role in the worldwide success of biotechnology commercialization, as well as insight into the biotech market over the next decade.

Author : Richard E. Just
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387369538
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology written by Richard E. Just and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the first thorough economic analysis of current agricultural biotechnology regulation. The contributors, most of whom are agricultural economists working either in universities or NGOs, address issues such as commercial pesticides, the costs of approving new products, liability, benefits, consumer acceptance, regulation and its impacts, transgenic crops, social welfare implications, and biosafety.

Author : Andrew J. Hacking
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521346818
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Aspects of Biotechnology written by Andrew J. Hacking and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1987-07-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both macro- and microeconomic aspects of biotechnology are discussed in this book for biologists studying microbiology, biochemistry and genetics. It explains economics and accounting procedures from first principles and assumes no prior knowledge of these areas. The author works on developing new biotechnological projects. He draws extensively on his own experience and brings together the factors which determine commercial reasoning towards biotechnology in areas such as markets, project selection, costing and capital investment. His subjects include market analysis, fermentation, enzyme technology, genetic engineering and many others; they are all tied together by a common framework of industrial and technological development.

Author : Maureen D. McKelvey
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781845420611
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economic Dynamics of Modern Biotechnology written by Maureen D. McKelvey and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'All would agree that with more than 3, 000 new firms formed in Europe, Japan and the United States focused on biotechnology, and with elegant strides forward in our understanding of genetics, the genome, proteomics and other related fields, a true intellectual, social and industrial revolution is in the making. Maureen McKelvey et al provide fascinating data on firm formation, case studies of emerging business models and cross-regional and national comparisons. The work is a useful beginning in our understanding of an emerging phenomenon.' - James M. Utterback, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US This book offers a novel insight into the economic dynamics of modern biotechnology, using examples from Europe to reflect global trends. The authors apply theoretical insight to a fundamental enigma of the modern learning society, namely, how and why the development of knowledge and ideas interact with market processes and the formation of industries and firms.

Author : Melinda E. Cooper
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295990317
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life as Surplus written by Melinda E. Cooper and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the period between the 1970s and the present, Life as Surplus is a pointed and important study of the relationship between politics, economics, science, and cultural values in the United States today. Melinda Cooper demonstrates that the history of biotechnology cannot be understood without taking into account the simultaneous rise of neoliberalism as a political force and an economic policy. From the development of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s to the second Bush administration's policies on stem cell research, Cooper connects the utopian polemic of free-market capitalism with growing internal contradictions of the commercialized life sciences. The biotech revolution relocated economic production at the genetic, microbial, and cellular level. Taking as her point of departure the assumption that life has been drawn into the circuits of value creation, Cooper underscores the relations between scientific, economic, political, and social practices. In penetrating analyses of Reagan-era science policy, the militarization of the life sciences, HIV politics, pharmaceutical imperialism, tissue engineering, stem cell science, and the pro-life movement, the author examines the speculative impulses that have animated the growth of the bioeconomy. At the very core of the new post-industrial economy is the transformation of biological life into surplus value. Life as Surplus offers a clear assessment of both the transformative, therapeutic dimensions of the contemporary life sciences and the violence, obligation, and debt servitude crystallizing around the emerging bioeconomy.

Author : Mila Avramovic
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Affordable Development? written by Mila Avramovic and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biotechnology is playing an increasing role in medicine and agriculture in industrialized nations. This book asks how these developments have affected the majority of the world's population in the Third World. The author presents a detailed examination of the history of the financial structure of biotechnology in the West (predominantly the United States), what its focus has been, and how developing nations can feasibly undertake biotechnology research in the areas that are of greatest importance to them.

Author : Rolf Schmid
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000294641
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biotech in China written by Rolf Schmid and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her quest for global leadership in science and technology, the People’s Republic of China has attained top ranks in the number of scientific publications, "hot papers," or national and international patent applications. However, analysis of the underlying structures and mechanisms is hindered by the sheer flood of data, stringent government control of all media, and ambiguities inherent in translation from Chinese. This book overcomes these difficulties and provides a concise picture of biotechnology-related research and development in China. It begins with brief accounts of China’s geography, people, political and administrational structure, economy, finance, infrastructure related to science and technology, and educational system. It presents succinct accounts on structures and developments in biomedicine, diagnostics, agriculture, fermented food, bioindustry, and environmental biotechnology, with reference to government, industry, and academia. Finally, it predicts the next steps in Chinese biotechnology for the national agenda and, in view of China’s ambitious global development strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative.

Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780941375603
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biotechnology in a Global Economy written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1992-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : T.M. Swanson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789401739504
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Managing Biotechnologies written by T.M. Swanson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advent of new biotechnologies implies significant changes in the world, both biologically and industrially. Biologically, these new technologies represent changes on a scale never before witnessed in the context of evolutionary systems. How these systems will respond to these changes is uncertain and potentially very significant. The first part of this volume addresses these issues in a series of chapters considering the manner in which societies might analyse and manage these systemic responses to biotechnological changes. The second part of the volume addresses the industrial issues concerning biotechnologies. One of the primary motivations for these changes is to enhance the appropriability of the value of innovation occurring within the life sciences sectors. Changing to a property rights-based system of biotechnology has implications for the nature of research and development within these sectors, and the diffusion and distribution of its benefits across the globe. Another set of chapters in this volume sets out a framework for considering these important industrial issues. The volume is the outcome of a two-year project on the economics of managing biotechnologies in agriculture. It is recommended to academics and policy makers interested in the issues concerning society's options in the management of this process of technological change.