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Three rules for technological fixes

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  • Daniel Sarewitz

    (Daniel Sarewitz is co-director of the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, and Professor of Science and Society, at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA. daniel.sarewitz@asu.edu)

  • Richard Nelson

    (Richard Nelson is George Blumenthal Professor of International and Public Affairs Emeritus at Columbia University, New York 10027, USA, and visiting professor at the University of Manchester Business School. rrn2@columbia.edu)

Abstract

Not all problems will yield to technology. Deciding which will and which won't should be central to setting innovation policy, say Daniel Sarewitz and Richard Nelson.

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  • Daniel Sarewitz & Richard Nelson, 2008. "Three rules for technological fixes," Nature, Nature, vol. 456(7224), pages 871-872, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:456:y:2008:i:7224:d:10.1038_456871a
    DOI: 10.1038/456871a
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