Nature of Scientific Innovation, Volume I

David Dent is a scientist, inventor and entrepreneur having patented and commercialised inventions,  a founder of businesses and charitable enterprises, an advisor to governments, a former Managing Director of CABI Bioscience, a former ‘Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence’ at the University of East Anglia, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey Business School, UK.

• Introduction.- Historical Beginnings and Economics.- The Related Terminology that Define Scientific Innovation.- Advances and Limitations in Science.- Knowledge Production, Models and Systems.- Who is Innovation For?.- The Value of Knowledge.- The Innovation Impact Value Chain.- Invention and Innovation.- The Nature of Risks, Gaps, Routes and Outputs.- Conclusions: Process, Means and Impact.