Costs and enforcement of biosafety regulations in India and China

International Journal of Technology and Globalisation

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 137-157

  Pray, Carl E ^a   Ramaswami, Bharat ^b   Huang, Jikun ^c   Hu, Ruifa ^c   Bengali, Prajakta ^d   Zhang, Huazhu ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d Power Electronics R D Department   (India)

Author keywords

Biosafety regulation; Biotechnology; China; Compliance; Costs; Enforcement; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645760254     PISSN: 14765667     EISSN: 17418194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtg.2006.009131     Document Type: Article

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