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Mapping technological trajectories of the Green revolution and the Gene revolution from modernization to globalization

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The social morphologies of modernization and globalization can be explicated by the dynamics of technology development along the technological trajectories of the Green revolution and the Gene revolution. In Green revolution technology transfer and adaptive local work was carried out in the international public domain with the objective of developing research capacity in post-colonial third world agriculture to increase food production to avert hunger-led political insurrection during the Cold War.

Author: Parayil, Govindhan
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Research Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-7333
Year: 2003
Globalization

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Innovators and imitators: organizational reference groups and adoption of organizational routines

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A study on adoption of technological and organizational innovations by organizations, which depends on selection of reference groups, is presented. Firm heterogeneity reflects, the extent to which innovating firms, adopt innovation and are in similarity to their referent groups.

Author: Massini, Silvia, Lewin, Arie Y., Greve, Henrich R.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Research Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-7333
Year: 2005
Europe, Venture Analysis, Business enterprises, Organizational change

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Emergent innovation systems and the delivery of clinical services: the case of intra-ocular lenses

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An in-depth examination of the impact of rising technological innovations in clinical services is presented. The delivery, technological trajectories, innovation systems, etc. in medicine are discussed.

Author: James, Andrew, Metcalfe, J. S., Mina, Andrea
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Research Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-7333
Year: 2005
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Medicine

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Subjects list: United States, Analysis, Technological innovations, Technology application
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