Abstract Mittels Gentests lassen sich Erkrankungsrisiken frühzeitig erkennen. Arbeitnehmenden bieten sie die Chance, eigene Krankheiten zu vermeiden, und Unternehmen die Möglichkeit, ihre krankheitsbedingten Kosten zu verringern. Der technische Aufwand und die Kosten für Gentests sind in den...

Zusammenfassung Unter der Prämisse, dass das Humankapital ein entscheidender Faktor für die erneute Buchung einer Messe durch einen Aussteller ist, wurde im Januar 2018 eine Befragung von 129 Messeausstellern auf der Fachmesse Best of Events (BoE) durchgeführt. Ziel war die Identifikation des...

Purpose – Tissue engineering (TE) offers treatments for chronic, life threatening, degenerative illnesses and possibilities for restoring cellular or organ functions that have been lost due to injuries or hereditary conditions. However, a prerequisite for the use of TE products as part of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the eugenic beliefs of behavioral geneticist Barbara S. Burks and scientific‐management pioneers B. Frank and Lillian M. Moeller Gilbreth. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on personal communications with the Gilbreths' daughter,...

It is widely claimed that new developments in human genetics will be instrumental in shaping life over the next century. But how, exactly, might these technologies affect developed societies? Do technologies themselves shape society or are technologies such as genetic testing and engineering...

This article, third in a series of six, describes Life Sciences Era activities. Life sciences, rapidly gaining momentum, will begin to dominate US economic activity by 2100, then predominate well into the following century (see Figure 1). Massive advances will follow as the 140 000 genes, and 3...

Modern new biotechnology has the potential to provide major economic and other benefits, but at the same time it poses potential hazards for human health, the environment, the “natural” biological order, and can have adverse socio‐economic consequences. The application of such technology...

The aim of this research is, first, to explore consumer beliefs, attitudes and purchase intentions with regard to genetically modified (GM) food and second, based on this exploration, to develop a hypothetical model which can explain and predict consumer attitudes and purchase intentions with...