This title sets out an introduction to the existing literature on the economics of science together with novel discussion of the field from a critical realist perspective. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of disciplines offering more promising starting points.
This title sets out an introduction to the existing literature on the economics of science together with novel discussion of the field from a critical...
Dramatic and controversial changes in the funding of science over the past two decades, towards its increasing commercialization, have stimulated a huge literature trying to set out an "economics of science". Whether broadly in favour or against these changes, the vast majority of these frameworks employ ahistorical analyses that cannot conceptualise, let alone address, the questions of "why have these changes occurred?" and "why now?" Nor, therefore, can they offer much insight into the crucial question of future trends. Given the growing importance of science and innovation in an age of...
Dramatic and controversial changes in the funding of science over the past two decades, towards its increasing commercialization, have stimulated a hu...
Dramatic and controversial changes in the funding of science over the past two decades, towards its increasing commercialization, have stimulated a huge literature trying to set out an "economics of science." Whether broadly in favour or against these changes, the vast majority of these frameworks employ ahistorical analyses that cannot conceptualise, let alone address, the questions of "why have these changes occurred?" and "why now?" Nor, therefore, can they offer much insight into the crucial question of future trends. Given the growing importance of science and innovation in an age of...
Dramatic and controversial changes in the funding of science over the past two decades, towards its increasing commercialization, have stimulated a...
