How do values shape technology design? An exploration of what makes the pursuit of health and wealth legitimate in academic spin-offs

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 738-755

  Lehoux, Pascale ^a   Daudelin, Geneviève ^a   Hivon, Myriam ^a   Miller, Fiona Alice ^b   Denis, Jean Louis ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d ÉCOLE NATIONALE D'ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic spin offs; Commercialisation of research; Health technology; Innovation policy; R D; Sociology of innovation

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CANADA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84903550617     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12097     Document Type: Article

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