Networks for learning and knowledge creation in biotechnology - Oliver, Amalya Lumerman (Cambridge New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009)
1. Networks, collaborations, and learning and knowledge-creation -- 2. The biotechnology industry through the lenses of organizational and networks scholarship -- 3. New organizational forms for knowledge-creation in biotechnology -- 4. Scientific entrepreneurship -- 5. Science and discoveries in the context of private and public knowledge-creation and learning -- 6. The search for university-industry collaborations : linear and chaotic networking processes -- 7. Trust in collaborations and the social structure of academic research -- 8. Organizational learning and strategic alliances : recombination and duality of competition and collaboration -- 9. Further directions for understanding interorganizational collaborations and learning.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-248) and index
Keywords: Biotechnology; Biotechnology -- Research; Organizational learning; Biotechnology -- Organization & administration; Biomedical Research -- methods; Diffusion of innovations; Interinstitutional Relations