their products by lying about the science behind the products. Individuals harmed by these misrepresentations should be able … to sue for fraud. Plaintiffs in fraud cases of this kind—where the misrepresentation pertains to scientific knowledge …? Second, how should the court determine what knowledge the scientific community held at a given time for the purpose of …

The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge aims to reach a unique understanding of science with the help of economic and … type of work on social studies of science that have, in recent decades, transformed our picture of science and technology …. Science - and more broadly research - is a field where economics and sociology meet in an attempt to understand how complex …

Africanists have long criticized the social construction, and consequences, of technical knowledge. Colonial science …. The article draws examples from veterinary science and policy in southern Africa, and seeks to move beyond the inversions … was seen as a particularly problematic enterprise, moulded by authoritarian colonial states, wherein science ‘delineated …

Various forms of interaction during the process of research and innovation constitute a global network of knowledge … network to participate in global knowledge ows and to increase success in idea generation, invention and innovation. In this … chapter, we review the literature on two of the most important channels of international knowledge diffusion in the field of …

This article compares African countries to South Korea in terms of knowledge economy (KE). Emphasis is laid on human … capital, knowledge creation, knowledge diffusion, institutions and economic incentives. The analytical approach consists of … providing knowledge economy catch-up strategies that can be understood within the context of country-specific gaps between the …