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Networks for Learning and
Knowledge Creation in Biotechnology
Scientists in the biotechnology industry are responsible for many
inventions that have led to the development of a vast array of products
and technologies, in the areas of therapeutics, diagnostics, and agricul-
tural and veterinary products. This has been possible through various
intra- and anizational collaborations between the academic and
private sectors, and through the establishment works for learning.
works for Learning and Knowledge Creation in Biotechnology,
Amalya Lumerman Oliver shows how, in many respects, aniza-
tional structure of the industry parallels one of its most important
innovations – binant DNA (rDNA). She shows how the concept of
bination may be used to explain a number anizational fea-
tures, including new biotechnology firms, the formation of university-
based spin-offs, scientific entrepreneurship, and trust and contracts in
learning collaborations works. The result is an integrative account
of how multiple theoretical perspectives can be used to understand the
structure of the biotechnology industry.
amalya lumerman oliver is Associate Professor anizational
Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Networks for Learning
and Knowledge Creation
in Biotechnology
amalya lumerman oliver
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