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Proactive and reactive approaches to risk regulation
Joyce Tait,Les Levidow +1 more
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The evolution of regulatory systems to control the development and use of products containing live genetically manipulated organisms (GMOs) is raising important questions about the nature and desirability of proactive approaches to risk regulation and their impact on industrial innovation as mentioned in this paper.About:
This article is published in Futures.The article was published on 1992-04-01. It has received 82 citations till now.read more
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Exploiting green strategies for competitive advantage
Giovanni Azzone,Umberto Bertelè +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the advantages and risks of an anticipatory attitude towards environmental problems are discussed, and a contingent approach to the strategic analysis of environmental problems is proposed to reduce the risk involved in environmental problems.
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Risk management and governance:: a post-normal science approach
Bruna De Marchi,Jerome R. Ravetz +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the problems of risks and governance in the light of three well-known examples: the ''Seveso'' accident involving dioxin; the BSE epidemic; and the licensing of genetically modified maize.
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The Precautionary Principle in Contemporary Environmental Politics
Timothy O'Riordan,Andrew Jordan +1 more
TL;DR: However, unless its advocates sharpen up their understanding of the term, the precautionary principle may not establish the influence it deserves as mentioned in this paper, other than it is captured by the spirit that is challenging the authority of science, the hegemony of cost-benefit analysis, the powerlessness of victims of environmental abuse, and the unimplemented ethics of intrinsic natural rights and inter-generational equity.
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Precautionary Uncertainty Regulating GM Crops in Europe
TL;DR: The European risk regulation of genetically modified (GM) crops has been translated into various precautionary approaches, each with its own cognitive framing of relevant uncertainties as discussed by the authors, and the risk controversy was constituted by divergent accounts of the relevant scientific uncertainty.
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More Faust than Frankenstein: the European debate about the precautionary principle and risk regulation for genetically modified crops
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse the range of risk-related problems that have arisen over the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops and food products in the context of the adoption of the precautionary principle (PP) in Europe.
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The Planned Introduction of Genetically Engineered Organisms: Ecological Considerations and Recommendations
James M. Tiedje,Robert K. Colwell,Yaffa L. Grossman,Robert E. Hodson,Richard E. Lenski,Richard N. Mack,Philip J. Regal +6 more
TL;DR: The authors support the timely development of environmentally sound products, such as improved agricultural varieties, fertilizers, pest control agents, and microorganisms for waste treatment, through the use of advanced biotechnology within the context of a scientifically based regulatory policy that encourages innovation without compromising sound environmental management.
Using Regulation to Change the Market for Innovation
TL;DR: The distinction between innovation and diffusion is complicated by the fact that innovations can rarely be adopted by new users without modification as mentioned in this paper and when modifications are extensive, the result may be a new innovation.
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Field testing genetically modified organisms: Framework for decisions
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Regulation and Technological Innovation in the Chemical Industry
Nicholas A. Ashford,G.R. Heaton +1 more
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New Firms in the Biotechnology Industry: Their Contribution to Innovation and Growth
TL;DR: The biotechnology industry methodological approach and contextual information large firm strategies the origin of founders, the formation process, and future prospects for growth in new biotechnology firms are studied.