Biological Resource Centers
Subtitle: Knowledge Hubs for the Life Sciences
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: November 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780815781493
Subjects: Biology, Life Sciences; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Business / Economics / Finance; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; Accounting - Governmental; Economics - General; Academies and Institutes; Biological resource centers; Biomedical Research
Description: "Scott Stern provides a systematic economic assessment of the impact of biological resource centers through their role in facilitating cumulative knowledge in the life sciences and their role as knowledge hubs - institutions that facilitate the transfer of scientific and technical knowledge among members of a research community.

Stern argues that science and innovation policy must be premised on a clear understanding of the role that knowledge hubs play and on policy mechanisms that encourage their sustained growth and effectiveness."--Jacket.