Institutionalizing technoscience: Post-genomic technologies and the case of systems biology

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-388

  Styhre, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biopharmaceutical industry; Institutional theory; Systems biology; Technoscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755153224     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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