Understanding Biotechnology

Understanding the Social Controversies over Agricultural Biotechnology

Introduction In sociology social problems are a subject of inquiry and teaching. That subject is a central aspect of any sociology curriculum at a higher education institution (Best, 2011). However, there is not a single definition of what constitutes a social problem. And, what is perceived as a social problem or not is highly subjective; that is, one person’s social problem can be another per...

Recent Progress in Understanding of Medicinal Plants Biotechnology

Biotechnology and Social Aspect

Understanding company R&D strategies in agro-biotechnology: Trajectories and blindspots

Companies innovating in agriculture-related biotechnology currently confront a complicated and controversial policy environment. Using analytical frameworks of technological trajectories and paradigms this paper examines R&D strategy in large companies. A large research project found that R&D related decisions taken by managers reflect company distinctiveness and can be characterised as cumulat...

Understanding the Role of ICT Networks in a Biotechnology Cluster: An Exploratory Study of Medicon Valley

Based on a wide-ranging literature review, we argue that the information and communications technology infrastructure has not received adequate attention for its role in the development and maintenance of industrial clusters. This paper develops expectations for how firms in an industrial cluster make use of a public, broadband ICT infrastructure, particularly in support of e-commerce applicati...