Networks for learning and knowledge creation in biotechnology / Amalya Lumerman Oliver.

Author/creator Oliver, Amalya
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxviii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Subjects

Contents Networks, collaborations, and learning and knowledge-creation -- The biotechnology industry through the lenses of organizational and networks scholarship -- New organizational forms for knowledge-creation in biotechnology -- Scientific entrepreneurship -- Science and discoveries in the context of private and public knowledge-creation and learning -- The search for university-industry collaborations : linear and chaotic networking processes -- Trust in collaborations and the social structure of academic research -- Organizational learning and strategic alliances : recombination and duality of competition and collaboration -- Further directions for understanding interorganizational collaborations and learning.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-248) and index.
LCCN 2008028872
ISBN9780521872485 (hardback)
ISBN0521872480 (hardback)