... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Research Innovation Personal health Nanotechnology Biotechnology Forecasting Our body is an ocean of physical patterns: heartbeats, respiration, muscle movements, neural activity, and many more. These patterns contain information-coded messages...

... Foresight Agriculture Biotechnology The second part discusses the impacts of the global technological trends on the Russian agricultural sector both at the national and regional levels with possible implications for the science, technology and innovation field. The paper concludes with a summary...

... orientation (Farla et al., 2012) and interest in the actions of a wide range of different stakeholders and networks (Porter et al., 2004). TIS analysis is particularly relevant to technological foresight due to the focus on technology (Andersen and Andersen, 2012). Biotechnology...

... information about the use of technological foresight and technological scanning using the biotechnology in the health sector as a case study. In this paper, the trends observed in patents and articles worldwide clearly show the growth in biotechnology, which points to the need to prioritize this area, as well...

...Knut Erik Solem; Galina Gaivoronskaia Purpose To analyze several complex issues which are being addressed by biotechnological research and identify possible solutions to some concrete problems. Design/methodology/approach The objectives are achieved by the use of detailed data...

... sciences. However in biotechnology new concepts have risen. In parallel, organization sciences have been evolving the concept of evolution on different levels of the organization, discussing the evolution of organization during their life cycle, the evolution of populations of organizations, sectors, etc...

...Mark Harvey; Andrew McMeekin; Ian Miles This essay examines the issues that the ongoing revolution in biosciences and biotechnology pose to social science. A convenient frame for examining these issues is the framework of “thematic priorities” established by the British funding agency for social...

...William R. Rowley This paper describes the field of biotechnology and likely advances in health care, agricultural and other applications in industry, environmental science and energy over the next 15 years. The intent is to give those without a background in the life sciences a perspective...

.... Scenario 4, “genomics for all”, explores the successful and visionary development of genomics. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Biotechnology Social sciences The future of genomics is surrounded by a high degree of uncertainty about its potential applications and even more about its wider effects...

... crops and animals using biotechnology, for markets as diverse as power generation and pharmaceuticals. For Europe’s policymakers social and ecological sustainability are paramount, but public information is also a prerequisite for meaningful debate. Organic food Biotechnology Ecology © MCB UP...

...Galina Gaivoronskaia; Knut Erik Solem The potential of biotechnology to cure disease and feed the Third World has not eased public disquiet about its safety. In the rush to commercialization, can lessons be learnt from the introduction of nuclear power a generation ago? While France’s nuclear...

... Genetic engineering Biotechnology USA Camford foresight/ vol.02, no.04, aug.00 the journal of futures studies, strategic thinking and policy © 2000 Graham T.T. Molitor .507 eemcoenrgoimn(gic sectors in )article: 1463-6689/ 00/050507-07 the third millennium: life sciences to dominate US economy...