Scientific Competition / Max Albert, Stefan Voigt, Dieter Schmidtchen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albert, Max, editor.

Voigt, Stefan, editor.

Schmidtchen, Dieter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

TÃ1/4bingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Is science a 'market of ideas'? Not according to the economics of science. Science is competitive, but scientific competition is not market competition. Nor is scientific competition the same as competition between universities. Scientific competition is, first of all, competition between individual scientists. Current science policies shift the boundary between scientific competition, where scientists provide public goods in the hope to acquire status among their peers, and market competition in science, where the results of research are private property protected by patents or other means, in favor of the market. However, the economic ring of the political slogans cannot conceal a serious lack of understanding of scientific competition behind the reform proposals.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 101839

ISBN:

9783161494130

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access