Organizations and the bioeconomy : the management and commodification of the life sciences / Alexander Styhre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Styhre, Alexander, author.

Series:

Management, organizations and society (London, England) ; v. 18.

Routledge studies in management, organizations, and society ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotechnology--Economic aspects.

Biotechnology.

Life sciences--Economic aspects.

Life sciences.

Biotechnology industries.

Medical economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The advancement of the life sciences and the technosciences has enhanced the longevity of citizens in the Western world, and half of the generation born in the first decade of the new millennium is now expected to live to the age of one hundred years. In a society with such longevity and affluence, consumption of health-related goods and services such as pharmaceuticals and scanning procedures may be seen as a sustainable source of income for the industries that promote it. Though the healthcare sector has traditionally been organized in the public sector in Europe and in the private sector

Contents:

The concept of the bioeconomy

Biopolitics, neoliberalism, and the calculative worldview : the economics of life

New drug development, biotechnology and the enactment of life

The tissue economy

Living in and managing the bioeconomy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-29967-X

1-283-64267-0

0-203-11657-7

1-136-29968-8

9780203116579

OCLC:

812786701