Networks for Learning and Knowledge Creation in Biotechnology

Informationen zum Autor Amalya Lumerman Oliver is Associate Professor of Organizational Sociology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem! Israel. Klappentext A stimulating account of how multiple theoretical perspectives can be used to understand the structure of the biotechnology industry. Zusammenfassung The biotechnology industry is based on a wide range of intra- and inter-organizational collaborations between the academic and private sectors. Amalya Lumerman Oliver provides a stimulating account of how multiple theoretical perspectives can be used to understand the structure of the industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Networks, collaborations and learning and knowledge creation; 2. The biotechnology industry through the lenses of organizational and networks scholarship; 3. New organizational forms for knowledge creation in biotechnology; 4. Scientific entrepreneurship; 5. Science and discoveries in the context of private and public knowledge creation and learning (with Julia Porter Liebeskind); 6. In search for university-industry collaborations: linear and chaotic networking processes; 7. Trust in collaborations and the social structure of academic research; 8. Organizational learning and strategic alliances: recombination and duality of competition and collaboration; 9. Further directions for understanding interorganizational collaborations and learning; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Amalya Lumerman Oliver, Amalya Lumerman (Hebrew University of Jeru Oliver, Oliver Amalya Lumerman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.2009
• EAN: 9780521872485
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87248-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, Organizational theory & behaviour, Research & development management, Manufacturing industries, Organizational theory and behaviour, Biotechnology Industries