Harvey, M and McMeekin, A (2005) Brazilian genomics and bioinformatics: instituting new innovation pathways in a global context. Economy and Society, 34 (4). pp. 634-658. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03085140500277260
Harvey, M and McMeekin, A (2005) Brazilian genomics and bioinformatics: instituting new innovation pathways in a global context. Economy and Society, 34 (4). pp. 634-658. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03085140500277260
Harvey, M and McMeekin, A (2005) Brazilian genomics and bioinformatics: instituting new innovation pathways in a global context. Economy and Society, 34 (4). pp. 634-658. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03085140500277260
Abstract
The paper raises issues of analysis and policy for science and technology in developing countries within the global context of the post-genomic era. Based on a case study of a newly created Brazilian research and technology capability, it argues for an understanding of variety creation, where new organizational forms often transgress established scientific and organizational boundaries and arrangements. In particular, new frontiers of science and technology can be opened up by the alternative trajectories generated by differences in socio-economic, institutional and ecological conditions in ways that thereby reinforce those very differences. It stresses the inherent unevenness and heterogeneity of innovation processes. By focusing on the geopolitical significance of diverse pathways of science and innovation, the approach suggests an alternative vision to catch-up models of innovation and development in terms of variety creation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology and Criminology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2015 15:14 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2024 15:49 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/10419 |