The Bioeconomy to 2030
Designing a Policy Agenda
The biological sciences are adding value to a host of products and services, producing what some have labelled the “bioeconomy” and offering the potential to make major socio-economic contributions in OECD countries. Using quantitative analyses of data on development pipelines and R&D expenditures from private and public databases, this book estimates biotechnological developments to 2015. Moving to a broader institutional view, it also looks at the roles of R&D funding, human resources, intellectual property, and regulation in the bioeconomy, as well as at possible developments that could influence emerging business models to create scenarios to 2030. These scenarios are included to stimulate reflection on the interplay between policy choices and technological advances in shaping the bioeconomy. Finally, the book explores policy options to support the social, environmental and economic benefits of a bioeconomy.
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Policy Options for the Bioeconomy
The Way Ahead
faces multiple futures due to competitive alternatives from both outside and
within biotechnology. Policy needs to flexibly adapt to different outcomes
and prevent “lock-in” to inferior technological solutions.
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