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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Maureen McKelvey , Luigi OrsenigoPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Edition: illustrated edition Volume: 198 ISBN: 9781843767763ISBN 10: 1843767767 Pages: 968 Publication Date: 27 September 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'This book provides an invaluable introduction to the distinctive economic features of the biotechnology industry. Indeed, it is an introduction in more ways than one. To begin with, the 39 articles that make up the 2 volumes are the result of a thoughtful, judicious selection of the most influential contributions to the emergence and the maturation of this remarkable industry. At the same time, an introductory essay by the editors provides an indispensable reader's guide to the wide range of issues that have become especially salient along with the growth of the biotechnology industry: the costs and benefits of large vs. small firms; the benefits of vertical integration; the effectiveness of networks as a way of organizing the critical functions of R&D; the changing economics of the division of labor; the causes of geographical clustering; the relevance of the tacitness of knowledge; the impact of intellectual property rights, etc. The editors deserve to be congratulated for their endeavors in providing a book that should serve as an extremely useful research tool for a growing army of researchers. The book's usefulness is significantly enhanced by the fact that it draws upon a wide range of journals, many of which will not be readily accessible except at a very small number of the largest research universities. One can only admire the depth and the breadth of the research, on the part of the editors, that must have been involved in creating this invaluable research tool.' - Nathan Rosenberg, Stanford University, US 'An excellent collection of papers which are not only essential for the understanding of the biotechnology industry, but are also a must for students of industrial dynamics at large, of intellectual property rights, and of the economics and geography of innovation.' - Giovanni Dosi, St Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy Author InformationEdited by Maureen McKelvey, Professor, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and the late Luigi Orsenigo, formerly Professor of Industrial Organisation, University of Brescia and CESPRI (Center on the Processes of Innovation and Internationalisation), Bocconi University, Milan, Italy Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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