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GWAS Data and Federally-Funded Public Access Repositories: Considering the Ethical, Policy, and Social Implications from Multiple View Points
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-02)
The collection and distribution of individual genotypic and phenotypic data has increased enormously in the past 10 years and shows no signs of slowing down. The rapid growth of bioinformatics technologies and genome wide ...
The Role of Brazilian Firms in Nanotechnology Development
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-03)
Brazil has been at the forefront of developing countries in implementing policies to promote the development of nanotechnologies, with the first programs implemented in 2001. Previous research has demonstrated that this ...
Rethinking Collaborative Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Networks and Cognitions on Research Opportunities
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-02)
Entrepreneurial behavior is an important and prevalent behavior among academic scientists - key members of the science and innovation workforce. In this setting, the academic-entrepreneur is one who develops and markets ...
Distributive Paths and Channels of Emerging Technologies in Developing Countries: What Can We Learn from Biotechnology and ICTs in Argentina and Costa Rica?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-03)
This paper analyzes the paths of emerging technologies in developing countries, particularly considering its distributive dimension along the chain of functions, from knowledge production, to the technology's production/provision, ...
The Determinants of National Innovation Capability - A Cross-Country Innovation Efficiency Analysis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-02)
Since innovation is playing an important role in the age of knowledge, using innovative resources more efficiently gradually becomes a hot issue at national level. National innovative capacity is the ability of a country ...
Writing Policy on the Head of a Pin: Is Nano, Technology?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-02)
There have been many instances in the last sixty years where policy has successfully driven both science and the development of technology. These include, for example; President Truman's eventual formation of the National ...
The Role of Design Complexity in Technology Improvement
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-02)
We study a simplification of a previously proposed model of technology evolution to understand the behavior of performance curves, which describe how a technology improves with increasing cumulative production. The model ...
Participatory Science and Technology Policy-Making in Korea: A Critical Assessment
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-03)
Since the early 1990s the necessity and desirability of public participation in S&T policy-making has been widely discussed and advocated among STS scholars and social movement groups in Korea. Responding to these pressures ...
Self-Regulation, Compensation, and the Ethical Recruitment of Oocyte Donors
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-02)
Although oocyte donation is an increasingly important component of fertility treatment in the United States, few regulations address this ethically-contentious practice. Rather, oversight relies on self-regulation in the ...
Japanese TA-Like Activities in the Sectors of Medical Care, Food and Energy
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-03)
Note: This is part of the panel presentation "Knowledge Use and Exchange for Policy and Society in Japan: Concepts and Practices." Japanese TA-like activities in the sectors of medical care, food and energy Makiko Matsuo ...