This is the first book on a new policy approach that has been widely adopted in Europe and
beyond. It analyses the concept of smart specialisation and discuss the need for smart …

This paper aims to improve the understanding of the role of hospitals in the generation of
innovations. It presents a systematic and critical review of the interdisciplinary literature that …

The evolution of Western medicine since World War II has resulted in the emergence of new
practices based on the direct interaction of biology and medicine. The post-war realignment …

Clinical practice guidelines are now ubiquitous. This article describes the emergence of
such guidelines in a way that differs from the two dominant explanations, one focusing on …

This paper elaborates on the general properties of medical innovation processes. It begins
with a critical review of different perspectives and methods of investigation used in various …

Names: Asdal, Kristin, editor, author.| Druglitrø, Tone, editor, author.| Hinchliffe, Steve, 1955-
editor, author. Title: Humans, animals and biopolitics: the more than human condition/edited …

This paper is an attempt to clarify the essence of a smart specialisation strategy as a policy
process. It aims in particular to explain why entrepreneurial discovery is an important design …

In the present study, the different contents of tantalum pentoxide (Ta 2 O 5: 10, 15, 20 and 30
wt%) nanoparticles were introduced into the natural hydroxyapatite (nHA) coating structure …

This special issue of Social Studies of Science centers on the topic of regulation in medicine
and, in particular, on the notion of regulatory objectivity, defined as a new form of objectivity …

This article examines a specific technology, the germ-free" isolator," tracing its development
across three sites:(1) the laboratory for the production of standard laboratory animals,(2) …