Philip Cooke

Growth Cultures

The Global Bioeconomy and its Bioregions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This groundbreaking book is the first comparative analysis of the relative strengths of global bioregions. An excellent empirically-based study, it is a must read for those in the areas of technology and society, science policy and economic geography.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9780415392235
• ISBN-10: 0415392233
• Artikelnr.: 35730750

Autorenporträt

Philip Cooke is University Research Professor in Regional Development and founding Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff. He is Adjunct Professor in Spatial Planning at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. His research interests lie in studies of Economics of Biotechnology, Regional Innovation Systems, Knowledge Economies, and Policy Actions for Business Clusters and Networks. He is author of Knowledge Economies: Clusters, Learning and Cooperative Advantage (Routledge, 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Growth Cultures: Meaning and Interpretation in the Knowledge Age 2. The
Knowledge Economy and Growth Cultures: A Theoretical Framework 3.
Bioscientific Research and the Emergence of Knowledge Domains 4. The
Microbiology Revolution and the Crisis in Pharmaceuticals 5. Academic
Growth Cultures: The Rise of Bioregional Knowledge Domains 6. The Shifting
Landscape of Bioscience Policy 7. The Cluster Model in Biotechnology: Nodes
in Global Networks 8. Healthcare Biotechnology in Developing Countries 9.
Environmental, Energy and Agro-Food Biotechnology 10. The Financing of
Biopharmaceuticals Firms 11. Conclusion: Biotechnology's Proximities,
Pipelines and Platforms