The Economics of Managing Biotechnologies

The advent of new biotechnologies implies significant changes in the world, both biologically and industrially. Biologically, these new technologies represent changes on a scale never before witnessed in the context of evolutionary systems. How these systems will respond to these changes is uncertai...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Swanson, Timothy (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
Σειρά:Economy & Environment, 22
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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  • Biosafety in Agricultural Biotechnology: Balancing Social and Environmental Impacts
  • Pest Resistance in Agriculture: An Economic Perspective
  • Biotechnology for Planted Forests: An Assessment of Biological, Economic and Environmental Possibilities and Limitations
  • Managing Technology: The Economics of Managing Technological Developments
  • On the Economic Limits to Technological Potential: Will Industry Resolve the Resistance Problem?
  • Providing the Correct Incentives for Genetic Modification
  • Decision Making under Temporal Uncertainty and Irreversibility: Benchmark Values for the Release of Transgenic Crops in the EU
  • Managing Biology: The Economics of Managing Biological Resistance
  • Managing Pest Resistance: Timing the Initiation of Refuge Areas
  • Managing the Risk of European Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Corn
  • Managing Industry: The Economics of Managing Industrial Impacts
  • Monopolisation and the Regulation of Genetically Modified Crops: An Economic Model
  • The Diffusion of Benefits from Biotechnological Developments: The Impact of Use Restrictions on the Distribution of Benefits
  • Policy Conclusions
  • Plants and Biotechnologies
  • Regulatory Harmony — Who’s Calling the Tune?.