Oliver, Amalya Lumerman.

Networks for Learning and Knowledge Creation in Biotechnology / Amalya Lumerman Oliver. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xviii, 252 p. : ill. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-248) and index.

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.

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Biotechnology.
Biotechnology--Research.
Organizational learning.
Biotechnology--organization & administration.
Biomedical Research.
Diffusion of Innovation.
Interinstitutional Relations.
Knowledge.

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