The Race to Commercialize Biotechnology: Molecules, Market and the State in Japan and the Us (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415283397)

This comparative study looks at the early development of biotechnology in the US and Japan. Drawing on primary and secondary sources it traces the historical roots of recombinant DNA technology, discusses the tensions between regulation and promotional policies and identifies the major actors and strategies that launched biotechnology in both countries. Developing several strands of theory in economic history, science and technology policy, the book proposes a simple model that relates the differences in the two countries' responses to variations in the availability of institutional, financial and organizational resources needed to commercialize the new technology.

Author: Steven Collins
ISBN-10: 0415283396
ISBN-13: 9780415283397
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2004
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.12w x 0.67d