Globally radical technologies and locally radical technologies: The role of audiences in the construction of innovative impact in biotechnology

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-274

  Banerjee, Preeta M ^a   Cole, Benjamin M ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiences; biotechnology; radical technology; social construction

Indexed keywords

AUDIENCES; BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; RADICAL TECHNOLOGY; ROAD-MAPS; ROADMAP; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 79955556458     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2049851     Document Type: Article

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