Knowledge Generation and Technical Change

Name: Knowledge Generation and Technical Change
Brand: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
SKU: 9781461355847
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Institutional Innovation in Agriculture

Autor: Steven Wolf, David Zilberman

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Knowledge generation and transfer mechanisms are being transformed in important and controversial wa...

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Autor

Steven Wolf, David Zilberman

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engleză

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Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2012

Pagini

371

EAN

9781461355847

ISBN

1461355842

Enbook ID

06796415

Editura

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Greutate

605

Dimensiuni

155 x 235 x 22

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Knowledge generation and transfer mechanisms are being transformed in important and controversial ways. Investment in research and development has increased in response to recognition that scientific productivity is tightly connected to economic dynamism. Patent protection has been expanded in order to stimulate higher levels of private investment. Intellectual property rights held by public organizations and researchers are now increasingly transferred to private organizations to accelerate the diffusion and enhance the value of knowledge produced by public agencies and universities. Additionally, new institutions such as university offices of technology transfer, venture capital markets, and a variety of consortia in knowledge-intensive industries are being established throughout the United States and in other parts of the world. These changes have led to a repositioning of the state in systems of innovation and an increase in the proprietary character of technical information. §The purpose of this book is to review and analyze i) contemporary transitions in agricultural knowledge generation and extension arrangements from an empirical perspective, and ii) emerging and contradictory perspectives as to how knowledge systems can be assessed effectively. The authors aim to provide the reader with a better understanding of §the implications of new biotechnologies and new intellectual property rights regimes on public-private relations in science, §the extent to which benefits from scientific knowledge are being appropriated by private sector actors, §the diversity and possible outcomes of privatization initiatives in extension, and §prospects for public goods production and ecological sustainability given contemporary trends. The book presents contrasting views on the degree of complementarity and substitution between private and public sector investments in research and extension. Recognizing that the labels `public' and `private' are incomplete and at times misleading descriptions of the structure and function of coordinating bodies in social systems, the analyses highlight ways in which public and private spaces and modes of functioning combine. In addition to illustrating a broad range of analytic methodologies useful for studying organizational questions in knowledge systems, the authors identify the implications of a range of past and potential institutional innovations.

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