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Plant biotechnology innovation in the US and the European Union (EU) has been characterized by significant differences in the rates of commercialization (Joly and Lemarie 1998; Zechendorf 1998). Substantial differences also exist in the way the public and private sectors in these two regions collaborate for the development of new knowledge in the area of plant biotechnology. In this paper we examine the structures of the US and EU private-public knowledge networks and their impact on knowledge generation in plant biotechnology.
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Theodorakopoulou, I., Kalaitzandonakes, N. (2001). Structure of Public-Private Knowledge Networks in Plant Biotechnology: An EU-US Comparison. In: Wolf, S.A., Zilberman, D. (eds) Knowledge Generation and Technical Change. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 19. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1499-2_9
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