BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION NETWORKS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Nicola Dinnie (), McKEE Lorna () and D. Jane Bower ()
Additional contact information
Nicola Dinnie: University of Aberdeen, Department of Management Studies, Edward Wright Building, Dunbar Street, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3QY, United Kingdom
McKEE Lorna: University of Aberdeen, Department of Management Studies, Edward Wright Building, Dunbar Street, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3QY, United Kingdom
D. Jane Bower: Director, Kinnell Technologies, 11 Lynedoch Place, Edinburgh, EH3 7PX, United Kingdom

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 1999, vol. 03, issue 01, 63-90

Abstract: This paper analyses a number of factors which are implicated in the success of biomedical innovation processes in the United Kingdom (UK): the observability of the innovation process to the participants; the role and interests of UK public and private sector networks; and the ability of the wider constituency to push or drive the innovation process. This study addresses four ongoing developments (familial breast cancer diagnosis, cystic fibrosis gene therapy, inherited eye disease gene therapy and breast cancer screening). The paper draws directly on research funded by the ESRC. Documentary evidence has been analysed for relevant information together with information derived from semi-structured interviews. This has taken account of the key contributions over time from differing professional groups, public and commercial organisations (including user groups) and sectors.

Keywords: Biomedical; innovation; networks; technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1363919699000049
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:03:y:1999:i:01:n:s1363919699000049

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from

DOI: 10.1142/S1363919699000049

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim) is currently edited by Joe Tidd

More articles in International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim) from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tai Tone Lim ().