Entrepreneurial Experiments in Science Policy: Analyzing the Human Genome Project

We re-conceptualize the role of science policy makers, envisioning and illustrating their move from being simple investors in scientific projects to entrepreneurs who create the conditions for entrepreneurial experiments and initiate them. We argue that reframing science policy around the notion of...

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Main Authors: HUANG, Kenneth G., MURRAY, Fiona E.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-29042020-01-12T13:04:39Z Entrepreneurial Experiments in Science Policy: Analyzing the Human Genome Project HUANG, Kenneth G. MURRAY, Fiona E. We re-conceptualize the role of science policy makers, envisioning and illustrating their move from being simple investors in scientific projects to entrepreneurs who create the conditions for entrepreneurial experiments and initiate them. We argue that reframing science policy around the notion of conducting entrepreneurial experiments – experiments that increase the diversity of technical, organizational and institutional arrangements in which scientific research is conducted – can provide policy makers with a wider repertoire of effective interventions. To illustrate the power of this approach, we analyze the Human Genome Project (HGP) as a set of successful, entrepreneurial experiments in organizational and institutional innovation. While not designed as such, the HGP was an experiment in funding a science project across a variety of organizational settings, including seven public and one private (Celera) research centers. We assess the major characteristics and differences between these organizational choices, using a mix of qualitative and econometric analyses to examine their impact on scientific progress. The planning and direction of the Human Genome Project show that policy makers can use the levers of entrepreneurial experimentation to transform scientific progress, much as entrepreneurs have transformed economic progress. 2010-06-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1905 info:doi/10.1016/j.respol.2010.02.004 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/2904/viewcontent/EntrepreneurialExperimentsSciencePolicy_2008_pp.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Entrepreneurial experiments Science policy Human Genome Project Strategic Management Policy Technology and Innovation
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
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country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Entrepreneurial experiments
Science policy
Human Genome Project
Strategic Management Policy
Technology and Innovation
spellingShingle Entrepreneurial experiments
Science policy
Human Genome Project
Strategic Management Policy
Technology and Innovation
HUANG, Kenneth G.
MURRAY, Fiona E.
Entrepreneurial Experiments in Science Policy: Analyzing the Human Genome Project
description We re-conceptualize the role of science policy makers, envisioning and illustrating their move from being simple investors in scientific projects to entrepreneurs who create the conditions for entrepreneurial experiments and initiate them. We argue that reframing science policy around the notion of conducting entrepreneurial experiments – experiments that increase the diversity of technical, organizational and institutional arrangements in which scientific research is conducted – can provide policy makers with a wider repertoire of effective interventions. To illustrate the power of this approach, we analyze the Human Genome Project (HGP) as a set of successful, entrepreneurial experiments in organizational and institutional innovation. While not designed as such, the HGP was an experiment in funding a science project across a variety of organizational settings, including seven public and one private (Celera) research centers. We assess the major characteristics and differences between these organizational choices, using a mix of qualitative and econometric analyses to examine their impact on scientific progress. The planning and direction of the Human Genome Project show that policy makers can use the levers of entrepreneurial experimentation to transform scientific progress, much as entrepreneurs have transformed economic progress.
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author HUANG, Kenneth G.
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title Entrepreneurial Experiments in Science Policy: Analyzing the Human Genome Project
title_short Entrepreneurial Experiments in Science Policy: Analyzing the Human Genome Project
title_full Entrepreneurial Experiments in Science Policy: Analyzing the Human Genome Project
title_fullStr Entrepreneurial Experiments in Science Policy: Analyzing the Human Genome Project
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurial Experiments in Science Policy: Analyzing the Human Genome Project
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publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2010
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1905
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