Science, the state and the city : Britain's struggle to succeed in biotechnology / Geoffrey Owen and Michael M. Hopkins.

This work examines the evolution of one of the most important technologies that has emerged in the last 50 years: biotechnology - the use of living organisms, or parts thereof to create useful products and services. It explains how firms based in the US took the lead in commercialising the technolog...

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Main Authors: Owen, Geoffrey, 1934-, Hopkins, Michael M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Summary:This work examines the evolution of one of the most important technologies that has emerged in the last 50 years: biotechnology - the use of living organisms, or parts thereof to create useful products and services. It explains how firms based in the US took the lead in commercialising the technology, and why it has been so difficult for firms in other countries to match what the leading American companies have achieved.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191794308
0191794309
0191043885
9780191043888