Biotechnology and the Potential for a Radical Shift of Technology in Forest Industry

Jacobian Cluster Mutation Across Advertising and Internet‐based Market Communication

“…Examples of such outlooks that widen traditional industry or sector specific studies include the notions of related variety, regional branching and evolutionary economic geography (Frenken & Boschma 2007; Frenken et al . 2007), knowledge bases (Laestadius 2000; Asheim & Coenen 2005), and policy platforms (Cooke 2007). These perspectives contribute to a somewhat broader understanding of how various forms of regional knowledge sources consciously can be combined and recombined into unique profiles and strengths in order to construct regional advantage (EC 2006), which is hard for others to copy.…”

Scientific foundation, organization structure, and performance of biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms

“…The primary reason that it has not become more pervasive is the gulf (scientific and perhaps physical) between biotechnology university scientists and engineers in the pulp and paper industry. There is not enough of a shared knowledge base between the parties making collaborative efforts challenging (Laestadius, 2000). Additionally, several biotech start-up firms have their roots in academic research (Datamonitor, 2010;Jong, 2008;Welsh, Glenna, Lacy, & Biscotti, 2008), providing a basis for collaboration in the future.…”

“…Advancement of scientific knowledge in the basic or pure 1 sciences requires acceptance of improvements to existing scientific knowledge (Bush, 1945;Kuhn, 1996;Laestadius, 2000;Science, 2005;Smith, 2005). Basic science research endeavors to increase understanding but is not charged with finding an applicable solution (Kuhn, 1996).…”

Socio-technical regimes and heterogeneous capabilities: the Swedish pulp and paper industry's response to energy policies

“…Naturally, these circumstances result in a high degree of technological path dependence in the industry. Previous research analyzing the industry has demonstrated that pulp and paper producers are reluctant to embrace major technological change (Laestadius, 2000, Bergek, 2002 …”