Nature Biotechnology
16, 596 - 597 (1998)
doi:10.1038/nbt0798-596
Regional Development: Finding the substance behind the smoke: Who is using biotechnology?Anthony Arunde1
& Antoine Rose2
1Anthony Arunde is at MERIT (Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology), Maastricht, The Netherlands (a.arundel@merit.unimaas.nl).
2Antoine Rose is at Science and Technology Redesign Project, Statistics Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Canada (roseant@statcan.ca).
REFERENCES
- Burke, J.F. and Thomas, S.M. 1977. Nature Biotechnology 15: 695−696.
- Rose, A. 1998. Biotechnology use in Canadian Industry—1996. Statistics Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Canada. ST-98-05.
- A small percentage of the respondent firms (6.2%) had sales in 1996 below $5 million
- These eight technologies are: recombinant DNA, gene probes, DNA amplification, tissue culture, somatic embryogenesis, classical and traditional breeding, bioprocessing (fermentation and recovery), and biosensing.
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