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About the Book: Modern biotechnology has come into prominence since 1980. It relates to a set of techniques that involve manipulation or change of the genetic inheritance of living organisms including plants. The primary advantage of this technology is that it can target drugs and pesticides to the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramamohan Rao, T. V. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi : New Age International, ©2007.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Biotechnology > Economic aspects.
Biotechnology industries.
Biotechnologie > Aspect économique.
Bio-industries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Biotechnology > Economic aspects
Biotechnology industries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1. Changing Technology
  • 1.2. Modern Biotechnology
  • 1.3. Organizational Issues
  • 1.4. Patents and IPRs
  • 1.5. Market Structure
  • 1.6. Ethical and Environmental Concerns
  • 1.7. Government Policy
  • 1.8. Looking Ahead
  • Chapter 2: Organizational Structure
  • 2.1. The Scope
  • 2.2. Knowledge Intensity
  • 2.3. Biotechnology Knowledge
  • 2.4. Network Organization
  • 2.5. Nature of Contracts
  • 2.6. Sharing Fixed Costs
  • 2.7. Economic Consequences
  • 2.8. Other Aspects
  • Chapter 3: IPRs and Patents
  • 3.1. Why Protection?
  • 3.2. Patents as Protection
  • 3.3. Biotechnology Patents
  • 3.4. IPR Agreements
  • 3.5. TRIPS Agreement
  • 3.6. Consequences of Protection
  • 3.7. Issues of Concern
  • 3.8. Modifications to Patent Regime
  • Chapter 4: Investment and Financing
  • 4.1. The Issues
  • 4.2. Role of Public Investment
  • 4.3. R & D in Scientific Knowledge
  • 4.4. Risks of R & D
  • 4.5. Complementary R & D
  • 4.6. Agricultural Extension Services
  • 4.7. Bioprocessing
  • 4.8. Physical Capital
  • 4.9. Financing Constraints
  • 4.10. Further Considerations
  • Chapter 5: Demand, Cost and Productivity
  • 5.1. The Background
  • 5.2. Patterns of Demand
  • 5.3. Productivity
  • 5.4. Variable Costs
  • 5.5. Welfare Effects
  • 5.6. Summing Up
  • Chapter 6: Market Structure and Pricing
  • 6.1. Nature of Markets
  • 6.2. Defining Market Concentration
  • 6.3. Sources of Concentration
  • 6.4. Monopoly Power and Pricing
  • 6.5. Differential Pricing
  • 6.6. Dynamic Pricing
  • 6.7. In Retrospect
  • Chapter 7: Ethics and Environment
  • 7.1. Issues at Stake
  • 7.2. Ethical Issues
  • 7.3. Environmental Issues
  • 7.4. Ethical Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology
  • 7.5. Ethical Issues in Drug Development
  • 7.6. Environmental Issues
  • 7.7. International Conventions
  • 7.8. Lessons and Control
  • Chapter 8: Government Policy
  • 8.1. An Overview
  • 8.2. Scientific R & D
  • 8.3. Scientist vs. NBF Contract
  • Chapter 9: Conclusion
  • 9.1. The Technology
  • 9.2. Organizational Aspects
  • 9.3. Product Profiles and Markets
  • 9.4. Negative effects
  • 9.5. Steady State
  • Appendices: Appendix 1, Technical Terms ; Appendix 2, Economic Concepts ; Appendix 3, Mathematical Background.

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