A Tale of Two Genome Institutes: Qualitative Networks, Charismatic Voice, and R&D strategies: Juxtaposing GIS Biopolis and BGI

The journalistic stereotypes -- of BGI, the world's largest sequencing center, as a Chinese state venture, and of Singapore's GIS as a neoliberal platform -- are inverted. Methodologically, by looking at qualitative networks, charismatic leaders, and research strategies, this essay propose...

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Main Author: Fischer, Michael M. J. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications, 2017-01-20T19:18:36Z.
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