Week 9

March 11, 2008 - Public and Private Roles in Research and Technology

Articles

Alic, J. 2001. Postindustrial technology policy. Research policy 30:873-889

American Meteorological Society Executive Committeee. 1999. The public-private partnership in the provision of weather and climate services. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 80(10):2099-2101

Bozeman, B. 2000. Technology transfer and public policy: a review of research and theory. Research Policy 29: 627-655

Morss, R. and Hooke, W. 2005. The outlook for U.S. meteorological research in a commercializing world. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 86(7)921-936

Pisano, G.P. 2006. Can science be a business? Lessons from biotech. Harvard Business Review October 2006:1-13
 
Text

Sarewitz, Frontiers of Illusion, Chapter 7

Optional

Schacht, W.H. 2005. The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected issues in Patent policy and the commercialization of technology. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress

Toole, A. 2007. Does Public Scientific Research Complement Private Investment in Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry?  Journal of Law and Economics 50:81-104