Politics, Markets and Innovation

Catalog description

Studies the roles that governments, markets and other factors play in promoting, disseminating and regulating science-based technological innovation. Includes examining the theoretical literature on factors that structure markets and shape diffusion, as well as case studies that illustrate the processes and mechanisms that govern innovations in society. In addition to studying the role of governments, firms and universities, also considers the role of publics as consumers who adopt innovations but also as citizens who may be skeptical of them. Includes case studies in agriculture, health care, biotechnology and digital rights.