The Economics of Managing Biotechnologies

The Economics of Managing Biotechnologies edited by T.M. Swanson.

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 uncertai...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Swanson, T.M (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
Edition:1st ed. 2002.
Series:Economy & Environment, 22
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Environmental economics.
Nature conservation.
Economic growth.
Agricultural economics.
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Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Surveying the Issues: Technologies, Biology and Economics
  • Biosafety in Agricultural Biotechnology: Balancing Social and Environmental Impacts
  • Pest Resistance in Agriculture: An Economic Perspective
  • Biotechnology for Planted Forests: An Assessment of Biological, Economic and Environmental Possibilities and Limitations
  • Managing Technology: The Economics of Managing Technological Developments
  • On the Economic Limits to Technological Potential: Will Industry Resolve the Resistance Problem?
  • Providing the Correct Incentives for Genetic Modification
  • Decision Making under Temporal Uncertainty and Irreversibility: Benchmark Values for the Release of Transgenic Crops in the EU
  • Managing Biology: The Economics of Managing Biological Resistance
  • Managing Pest Resistance: Timing the Initiation of Refuge Areas
  • Managing the Risk of European Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Corn
  • Managing Industry: The Economics of Managing Industrial Impacts
  • Monopolisation and the Regulation of Genetically Modified Crops: An Economic Model
  • The Diffusion of Benefits from Biotechnological Developments: The Impact of Use Restrictions on the Distribution of Benefits
  • Policy Conclusions
  • Plants and Biotechnologies
  • Regulatory Harmony — Who’s Calling the Tune?.

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