Opportunities and Challenges: Research and Innovation in the Life Sciences

Abstract

In this chapter, guest author Dr. Randy Burd discusses the conditions that both promote and hinder innovation in the life sciences. Burd presents his personal observations of how the traditional academic model fails to fully encourage academic innovation, and in doing so illuminates the cultural gap between the academy and industry. He follows this constructive critique of the current system with the suggestion that social entrepreneurship represents a productive middle ground where both traditional bench science flourishes and academic innovation is celebrated.

Citation

Burd, R. (2014), "Opportunities and Challenges: Research and Innovation in the Life Sciences", A Cross-Disciplinary Primer on the Meaning and Principles of Innovation (Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Vol. 23), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1048-4736(2013)0000023011