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Open content textbooks: Educating the next generation of bioentrepreneurs in developing economies
Author(s) -
Arlen D. Meyers,
Donald J. McCubbrey,
Richard T. Watson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of commercial biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.107
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1478-565X
pISSN - 1462-8732
DOI - 10.5912/jcb251
Subject(s) - developing country , globalization , quality (philosophy) , marketing , public relations , business , sociology , economic growth , political science , economics , philosophy , epistemology , law
Bioclusters, formal and informal networks devoted to the commercial development of life science invention and discoveries, are growing throughout the world, including many developing economies. As these clusters evolve, there will be an increasing need for scientific and leadership talent. Bioentrepreneurship educational programmes require access to high quality, relevant textbook and case materials at a reasonable cost. In addition, since biobusinesses are affected by globalisation like other industries and since life sciences businesses are often ‘born global’, future bioentrepreneurs and knowledge workers need an international perspective. We describe an open content textbook project that includes a textbook of bioentrepreneurship. The textbook site provides materials that are intended to be free, easily accessible and updated on a regular basis by content experts, students and practitioners. Bioentrepreneurship education around the world is still unstructured and developing. Instructional materials are difficult or impossible to obtain in some regions of the world. The Global Text Project provides materials to faculty and students anywhere in the world for free.

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